Blagoje Vidinić

Blagoje Vidinić
Personal information
Full name Blagoje Vidinić
Date of birth (1934-06-11)11 June 1934
Place of birth Skopje, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death 29 December 2006(2006-12-29) (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 52 (0)
1967 Los Angeles Toros 20 (0)
1968 San Diego Toros 4 (0)
1968 St. Louis Stars 23 (0)
Total 338 (0)
International career
1956–1960 Yugoslavia 8 (0)
Managerial career
1970–1971 Morocco
1971–1972 FAR Rabat
1971–1974 Zaire
1976–1979 Colombia
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1956 Melbourne Team
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Team
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 1960 France Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Blagoje Vidinić (Macedonian: Благоја Видиниќ, Serbian: Благоје Видинић; 11 June 1934[1] – 29 December 2006) was a Yugoslav and Macedonian Association footballer and manager. He was capped 8 times for Yugoslavia, and was part of their team at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics,[2] and at the 1960 European Nations' Cup.[1]

After retiring from football, he became a manager. He managed Morocco and Zaire at the FIFA World Cup, and helped Zaire win the 1974 African Cup of Nations.[3] He also managed FAR Rabat and Colombia.

Honours

Player

FC Sion
  • Swiss Cup: 1964–65
Yugoslavia

Manager

FAR Rabat
  • Moroccan Throne Cup: 1971
Zaire

References

  1. 1 2 "International stats". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-11. Retrieved 2011-06-01.
  2. ↑ "Blagoje Vidinić". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  3. ↑ Stats at. Worldfootball.net (29 December 2006). Retrieved on 2011-06-01.

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