Milan Galić

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Milan Galić
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Milan Galić in 1966
Personal information
Date of birth (1938-03-08)8 March 1938
Place of birth Bosansko Grahovo, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death 13 September 2014(2014-09-13) (aged 76)
Place of death Belgrade, Serbia
Position(s) Second Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1958 Proleter Zrenjanin ? (?)
1958–1966 Partizan 148 (74)
1966–1970 Standard Liège 84 (33)
1970–1973 Stade de Reims 55 (18)
National team
1959–1965 Yugoslavia 51 (37)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Milan Galić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Галић; 8 March 1938 – 13 September 2014)[1] was a Serbian footballer. He scored 37 international goals in 51 matches for the Yugoslavia national football team.[2] He participated in the 1960 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal, the 1960 UEFA European Football Championship, where Yugoslavia finished second (despite his goal in the final), and the 1962 FIFA World Cup, where Yugoslavia finished fourth.

Galić died in Belgrade, Serbia from unknown causes, aged 76.

References[change | change source]

  1. Yugoslav great Galic dies Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA (13 September 2014)
  2. "Milan Galic - Goals in International Matches". www.rsssf.com.