Milan Ružić
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 July 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Rijeka, FPR Yugoslavia | ||
| Date of death | 25 January 2014 (aged 58) | ||
| Place of death | Rijeka, Croatia | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| NK Kraljevica | |||
| NK Crikvenica | |||
| NK Rijeka | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1983 | NK Rijeka | 176 | (18) |
| 1983–1984 | K. Beringen F.C. | 22 | (2) |
| 1984–1988 | K.A.A. Gent | 114 | (14) |
| 1988–1989 | K.R.C. Harelbeke | 22 | (3) |
| 1989–1990 | HSV Hoek | 336 | (36) |
| Total | 374 | (115) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1983 | Yugoslavia | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 May 2010 | |||
Milan Ružić (25 July 1955 in Rijeka, Yugoslavia – 25 January 2014 in Rijeka, Croatia) was a Croatian football player. He was capped twice for Yugoslavia.[1]
NK Kraljevica changed the name of their stadium Oštro to Stadium Milan Ružić - Minta in his honour in August 2015.[2]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Yugoslavia | League | Yugoslav Cup | Other | Europe | Total | |||||||
| NK Rijeka | 1976-77 | Yugoslav First League | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 31 | 2 |
| 1977-78 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 33 | 1 | ||
| 1978-79 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 4 | 0 | 41 | 4 | ||
| 1979-80 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | 32 | 5 | ||
| 1980-81 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | - | - | 28 | 4 | ||
| 1981-82 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | - | - | 18 | 0 | ||
| 1982-83 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | – | - | - | 20 | 4 | ||
| 1983-84 | 1 | 0 | - | - | – | – | - | - | 1 | 0 | ||
| Belgium | League | Belgian Cup | Other | Europe | Total | |||||||
| K. Beringen | 1983-84 | First Division | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 24 | 2 |
| K.A.A. Gent | 1984-85 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 32 | 6 | |
| 1985-86 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 36 | 6 | ||
| 1986-87 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
| 1987-88 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 31 | 2 | ||
| K.R.C. Harelbeke | 1988-89 | Second Division | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 24 | 3 |
| Netherlands | League | KNVB Cup | Other | Europe | Total | |||||||
| HSV Hoek | 1989-90 | Hoofdklasse | - | - | - | - | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | 333 | 36 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 376 | 40 | ||
Honours
- NK Rijeka
- Yugoslav Cup: 1978, 1979
- Balkans Cup: 1978
- Individual
- Best NK Rijeka player 1978-79, 1980-81, 1982-83
- NK Rijeka best left midfielder of all time
- Scorer of the 2500 goal of the Yugoslav First League[4]
- HNK Rijeka all time XI by Novi list
References
- ^ LZMK
- ^ SportCom.hr Stjepan Lončarić: NK Kraljevica u kolovozu organizira turnir u spomen na Milana Mintu Ružića, 15. srpnja 2015. (pristupljeno 1. svibnja 2016.)
- ^ ""Milan Ružić statistics". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ Novi list Orlando Rivetti: In memoriam. Minta, otrgnuti cvijet dobrote, 26. siječnja 2014. (pristupljeno 1. svibnja 2016.)
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- Belgian Second Division/Belgian First Division B players
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- K.A.A. Gent players
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