Blagoje Vidinić
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Full name | Blagoje Vidinić | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 11 June 1934 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Skopje, Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 29 December 2006 | (aged 72)|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Strasbourg, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vardar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1951–1955 | Vardar | 144 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1955–1961 | Radnički Beograd | 123 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1962–1964 | OFK Beograd | 33 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1964–1966 | FC Sion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1967 | Los Angeles Toros | 20 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1968 | San Diego Toros | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1968 | St. Louis Stars | 23 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 286 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1956–1960 | Yugoslavia | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1970–1971 | Morocco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1971 | FAR Rabat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1971–1974 | Zaire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1976–1979 | Colombia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Blagoje Vidinić (Macedonian: Благоја Видиниќ, Serbian: Благоје Видинић; 11 June 1934[1] – 29 December 2006) was a Macedonian football coach, player, and Olympic participant of Serbian origin.[2] He managed the national football teams of Morocco, Zaire, and Colombia.
Playing career
Club
Born in Skopje, he played his club football for FK Vardar, Radnički Beograd and OFK Beograd in Yugoslavia, and then with FC Sion of Switzerland.[3] In 1967, he moved to the US to join the Los Angeles Toros of the National Professional Soccer League, making 20 appearances that season.[4] He started the 1968 season with the relocated successor team San Diego Toros in the newly formed NASL, before moving to St. Louis Stars.[4]
International
He played for Yugoslavia as a goalkeeper in the 1956 and 1960 Olympics, winning silver in the former and gold in the latter.[1][5] He also played in the 1960 UEFA European Football Championship when Yugoslavia finished second. He earned 8 caps and his final international was an October 1960 friendly match against Hungary.[6]
Managerial career
After retiring from playing, he became a coach, and managed two African teams in the FIFA World Cup: Morocco in 1970 and Zaire in 1974.[7]
Honours
Player
FC Sion
- Swiss Cup: 1964–65
Yugoslavia
Manager
FAR Rabat
Zaire
References
- ^ a b "International stats". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ "Blagoje Vidinić". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ "Blagoje Vidinić". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ a b Stats at North American Soccer League players. Nasljerseys.com (11 June 1934). Retrieved on 2011-08-02.
- ^ Фудбалска Федерација на Македонија...Football Federation of Macedonia. Ffm.com.mk. Retrieved on 2011-06-01.
- ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ Stats at. Worldfootball.net (29 December 2006). Retrieved on 2011-06-01.
External links
- Blagoje Vidinic at Olympics.com
- Blagoja Vidinić at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1934 births
- 2006 deaths
- Footballers from Skopje
- Macedonian people of Serbian descent
- Association football goalkeepers
- Macedonian footballers
- Yugoslav footballers
- Yugoslavia international footballers
- Footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Yugoslavia
- Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia
- Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in football
- 1960 European Nations' Cup players
- FK Vardar players
- FK Radnički Beograd players
- OFK Beograd players
- FC Sion players
- Los Angeles Toros players
- San Diego Toros players
- St. Louis Stars (soccer) players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Swiss Super League players
- National Professional Soccer League (1967) players
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
- Yugoslav expatriate footballers
- Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Colombia
- Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Morocco
- Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Yugoslav football managers
- Macedonian football managers
- Morocco national football team managers
- AS FAR (football) managers
- Democratic Republic of the Congo national football team managers
- Colombia national football team managers
- 1970 FIFA World Cup managers
- 1972 African Cup of Nations managers
- 1974 African Cup of Nations managers
- 1974 FIFA World Cup managers
- 1979 Copa América managers
- Expatriate football managers in Morocco
- Expatriate football managers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Expatriate football managers in Colombia