Željko Perušić

Željko Perušić

Personal information
Date of birth	(1936-03-23)23 March 1936
Place of birth	Duga Resa, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death	28 September 2017(2017-09-28) (aged 81)
Place of death	St. Gallen, Switzerland
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1958–1965	Dinamo Zagreb	125	(9)
1965–1970	TSV 1860 München	138	(1)
1970–1973	FC St. Gallen	78	(1)
Total		341	(11)
National team
1959–1964	Yugoslavia	27	(0)
Teams managed
1970–1974	FC St. Gallen
1974–1975	FC Vaduz
1977–1979	SC Brühl
Honours Men's Football Representing  Yugoslavia Olympic Games 1960 Rome Team European Championship 1960 France Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Željko Perušić (23 March 1936 – 28 September 2017) was a Croatian footballer. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics.^[2]

During his club career he played for NK Dinamo Zagreb, TSV 1860 München and FC St. Gallen. He earned 27 caps for the Yugoslavia national football team, and participated in the 1960 European Nations' Cup.

He then became a football manager in Switzerland.^[3]

Honours[]

Club[]

Dinamo Zagreb

• Yugoslav First League: 1957–58
• Yugoslav Cup: 1959–60, 1962–63

TSV 1860 Munich

• Bundesliga: 1965–66

International[]

Yugoslavia

• Olympic Gold Medal: 1960

References[]

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