Milutin Šoškić
 Šoškić in 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 31 December 1937 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Peć, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1948–1955 | Partizan | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1955–1966 | Partizan | 177 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1971 | 1. FC Köln | 65 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 242 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1959–1966 | Yugoslavia | 50 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Teams managed | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1976 | OFK Beograd | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1977 | OFK Kikinda | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1990 | Partizan (assistant coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–2006 | United States (goalkeeper coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Milutin Šoškić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милутин Шошкић; born 31 December 1937) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1] He is considered one of FK Partizan's greatest players.
Biography[]
Šoškić won an Olympic gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy with the Yugoslavia national team.[2] They topped their pool consisting of Bulgaria, United Arab Republic and Turkey before beating Italy in the semi-finals and crowning themselves champions after beating Denmark 3–1 in the final. At the tournament, Šoškić only conceded six goals.
After retiring, he embarked on a coaching career. He was a long-time assistant in FK Partizan and was also the head coach of OFK Kikinda in the 1970s.
In 1993, the USA national team head coach Bora Milutinović brought him into his staff to be the goalkeepers coach. Šoškić remained even after Milutinović left in 1995, continuing to work with the team under head coaches Steve Sampson and later Bruce Arena.[3] He left the team along with Arena after the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
References[]
- ^ "Milutin Šoškić". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ^ "Milutin Šoškić". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ Soccer America (1 January 1995). "Soskic is retained". Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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- Milutin Šoškić at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
- Milutin Šoškić at fussballdaten.de (in German)
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