Joško Domorocki


Josip "Joško" Domorocki was a Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballer. He was born in Sarajevo, where he lived for most of his life, and played for several clubs in the Yugoslav First League. He also trained and worked as a locksmith.

Playing career

When Domorocki was 17, he began playing for FK Željezničar Sarajevo. Two years later, he went to Belgrade to serve in the army. While in Belgrade, he played for the SK Jugoslavija and the B squad of the Yugoslavia national team. In 1940, he returned to Sarajevo and played for SAŠK. When World War II ended in 1945, he played for FK Udarnik and later with Jedinstvo Sušak. He returned to Željezničar in 1946 and played with them until 1952.
He is particularly remembered for his defiance of the authorities over the creation of FK Sarajevo. When this team was created in 1946 by the merger of FK Udarnik and OFK Sloboda, several of the best players of FK Željezničar were ordered to play for the new club, representing Sarajevo and Bosnia-Herzegovina at the national level. Despite the tough attitude of the new communist government towards dissent, Domorocki refused, and continued to play for Željezničar, where he stayed for six years as a player, and then worked subsequently.

Managerial career

Domorocki later coached FK Rudar Breza.

Death

Domorocki died in a car accident in Split in 1992.