Petar Radaković

Radaković started playing football in his hometown club NK Rijeka, then called NK Kvarner, in 1952. Radaković made his first appearance for the senior team on 13 August 1954 in a Cup match against NK Lokomotiva in which he scored a goal with the match ending 5–1. During his first five seasons, Rijeka gained promotion from Third to First League. In 1959, he played in Rijeka's first semi-final match. They lost 2–0 to Red Star Belgrade. In the 1960-61 season, Radaković was named the best player of NK Rijeka and the best right winger in Yugoslavia. He was also named the best right winger in Yugoslavia in 1962 and 1963. Even though he had offers from many Belgrade clubs who were dominating the First League at the time he stayed at Rijeka. Radaković made 408 appearances for the club scoring 68 goals. Radaković was Rijeka's first national team player and first player to appear in the FIFA World Cup. He holds the record for the fastest scored goal in the club's history; three seconds.

From 1959 to 1961, he was called up for the Yugoslavia U-21 team and Yugoslavia B team. He made his debut for Yugoslavia on 18 June 1961 against Morocco. He made 19 appearances and scored 3 goals. He played at the 1962 FIFA World Cup where Yugoslavia finished in fourth place His final international was a September 1964 friendly away against Austria.

International appearances

International goals

Rijeka

Yugoslav Second League (1): 1957–58

Individual

NK Rijeka player of the season: 1960–61 Best Right winger in Yugoslavia: 1961, 1962, 1963 Rijeka sportsperson of the year: 1962 NK Rijeka all time XI