It was on 5 October that he scored the goal in the victory against the Czechs in a match where the Blues eventually progressed through a draw, featuring the oft-told sequence about "Zambata's coin". Hrvoje Jukić was one of the heroes of Dinamo's path to winning the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, a competition that evolved into the later UEFA Cup, today's Europa League. It was on that very date in 1966 that they defeated Czech side Sparta Brno 2-0 in extra time and then progressed to the next round through a coin toss, after which they went on to win the trophy itself during the continuation of the season. Sadly, Jukić left us forever in 2006, on 5 October, at the age of 69.

He joined the Maksimir club in the summer of 1966 together with Marijan Brnčić, and both formed a solid defensive wall while playing for then first-division side Trešnjevka. Indeed, Jukić played various positions for the greens - half-back, midfielder, sweeper... Upon arriving at Dinamo, he took on the role of playmaker, the team's conductor. And it was he who conducted the blue orchestra in Turin where he shook the net twice.

Not only did he break through the Czech defence for the goal that, along with the later stroke of luck in the draw, pulled the Blues into the next round, but he was actually a double scorer in the famous match against Juventus in Turin in the quarter-final when the hosts equalised to 2-2 only in the closing stages of the match.

In Turin he scored both of the Blues' goals, first for 1-1 and then for a 2-1 lead, after which the hosts still managed to equalise in the final stages. In the return leg in Zagreb, he also caused "chaos" for the Italian defence - first his breakthrough initiated the goal for 2-0 which Zlatko Mesić brilliantly "signed off on", and later he won a foul on the edge of the penalty area after which Rudolf Belin scored Dinamo's third goal against the Italians from the free kick.

Due to injury, Jukić had to miss the semi-final and final encounters, but up to that point he had been one of the important engines of the blue machine.

Born on 1 August 1938 in Split, he went through Hajduk's football school where he was coached by the celebrated coach of the whites, Luka Kaliterna. After his junior career, he left Split and headed to Zagreb. He had previously played two official matches for Hajduk's first team. He actually played for three Zagreb clubs: first Lokomotiva, then Trešnjevka and, finally, Dinamo.