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Former Croatian national football player Nikola Pokrivac has died in a car accident in his home country, the Croatian Football Federation has confirmed.
The 39-year-old midfielder has played for Dinamo Zagreb, AS Monaco and Salzburg during his career, and has played 15 international matches for Croatia from 2008 to 2010. Pokrivac was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2015, which forced him to retire from professional football.
He returned to amateur football in 2021 and joined lower league side NK Vojnic last summer. Local media said he was in a vehicle with three NK Vojnic teammates when they were involved in a four-vehicle crash in Karlovac in central Croatia on Friday evening.
It has been reported that a 42-year-old man in another car also lost his life, while the other people in Pokrivac's car were taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
" Nikola was a great footballer, who lived football until his last moment in this world and who showed great courage in life by overcoming a terrible disease ," said the president of the Croatian Football Federation, Marijan Kustic.
" This is a huge loss for our football community and especially painful for the family ," he added.
Pokrivac played in EURO 2008, where Croatia reached the quarterfinals and was part of the qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup.
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