Zagreb (Croatia), April 19 -- Former Croatia international Nikola Pokrivac has died in a car accident in his home country, the Croatian Football Federation has confirmed.
The 39-year-old midfielder played for Dinamo Zagreb, AS Monaco and RB Salzburg over his
career and won 15 international caps from 2008 to 2010.
Pokrivac was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2015 which forced him to retire from professional football, the BBC reported.
But 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 team-mates from NK Vojnic when they were
involved in a four-vehicle collision in Karlovac in central Croatia on Friday evening.
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