He made his debut for Yugoslavia as a second half substitute in a January 1960 friendly match away against Morocco, scoring their fifth goal in the process, and earned a total of 8 caps scoring 1 goal. His final international was a June 1962 FIFA World Cup match against Colombia.[4]
He died in Split (at the time SFR Yugoslavia) on 28 April 1980, of a heart attack, aged 42. The Andrija Anković Memorial Tournament in Gabela is named after Anković.
References
^"Anković Andrija". reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 13 November 2011.
^ ab"Andrija Ankovic" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 22 January 2010.