Milutin Šoškić

Milutin Šoškić

Šoškić in 2006
Personal information
Full name	Milutin Šoškić
Date of birth	(1937-12-31) 31 December 1937
Place of birth	Peć, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1948–1955	Partizan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1955–1966	Partizan	177	(1)
1966–1971	1. FC Köln	65	(0)
International career
1959–1966	Yugoslavia	50	(0)
Managerial career
1973–1976	OFK Beograd
1977	OFK Kikinda
1979–1990	Partizan (assistant coach)
1993–2006	United States (goalkeeper coach)
Medal record Men's Football Representing Yugoslavia Olympic Games 1960 Rome Team European Championship 1960 France Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Milutin Šoškić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милутин Шошкић; born 31 December 1937) is a Serbian former football goalkeeper. He is considered as one of FK Partizan's biggest legends.

Biography

He won an Olympic gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy with Yugoslavia. They topped their pool consisting of Bulgaria, United Arab Republic and Turkey before beating Italy in the semi-finals and crowning themselves champions after beating Denmark 3-1 in the final. At the tournament, Šoškić only conceded 6 goals against him.

After retiring, he embarked on a coaching career. He was a long-time assistant in FK Partizan and was also the head coach of OFK Kikinda in the 1970s.

In 1993, the USA national team head coach Bora Milutinović brought him into his staff to be the goalkeepers coach. Šoškić remained even after Milutinović left in 1995, continuing to work with the team under head coaches Steve Sampson and later Bruce Arena. He left the team along with Arena after 2006 FIFA World Cup. While coaching in the United States, his nickname was Sholi.

External links

• Milutin Šoškić at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
• Milutin Šoškić at fussballdaten.de (in German)