Milan Galić
Serbian footballer (1938–2014)
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.
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Date of birth | 8 March 1938 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bosansko Grahovo, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 13 September 2014 | (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) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Galić died in Belgrade, Serbia, aged 76.
Career statistics
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changeClub | League | Season | League | Continental | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Partizan | Yugoslav First League | 1958–59 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 |
1959–60 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 10 | ||
1960–61 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14 | ||
1961–62 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 7 | ||
1962–63 | 25 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 17 | ||
1963–64 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 8 | ||
1964–65 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 15 | ||
1965–66 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | ||
Total | 148 | 74 | 14 | 7 | 162 | 81 | ||
Standard Liège | Belgian First Division | 1966–67 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 11 |
1967–68 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 2 | ||
1968–69 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 | ||
1969–70 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 19 | ||
Total | 84 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 100 | 38 | ||
Reims | French Division 1 | 1970–71 | 36 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 14 |
1971–72 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | ||
1972–73 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
Total | 55 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 18 | ||
Career total | 287 | 125 | 30 | 12 | 317 | 137 |
International
changeNational team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Yugoslavia | 1959 | 2 | 1 |
1960 | 14 | 14 | |
1961 | 11 | 7 | |
1962 | 10 | 8 | |
1963 | 3 | 2 | |
1964 | 5 | 2 | |
1965 | 6 | 3 | |
Total | 51 | 37 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 31 May 1959 | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | Bulgaria | 1–0 |
2–0 |
1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying |
2 | 24 April 1960 | Athens, Greece | Greece | 4–0 |
5–0 |
1960 Summer Olympics qualifying |
3 | 11 May 1960 | London, England | England | 1–0 |
3–3 | Friendly |
4 | 2–2
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5 | 22 May 1960 | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | Portugal | 5–1 |
5–1 |
1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying |
6 | 6 July 1960 | Paris, France | France | 1–0 |
5–4 |
1960 European Nations' Cup |
7 | 10 July 1960 | Soviet Union | 1–0 |
1–2 |
1960 European Nations' Cup Final | |
8 | 6 August 1960 | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | Tunisia | 4–0 |
7–0 |
Friendly |
9 | 26 August 1960 | Pescara, Italy | United Arab Republic | 2–0 |
6–1 |
1960 Summer Olympics |
10 | 29 August 1960 | Florence, Italy | Turkey | 2–0 |
4–0
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11 | 1 September 1960 | Rome, Italy | Bulgaria | 1–0 |
3–3 | |
12 | 2–0
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13 | 3–1
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14 | 5 September 1960 | Napoli, Italy | Italy | 1–0 |
1–1
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15 | 10 September 1960 | Rome, Italy | Denmark | 1–0 |
3–1 |
1960 Summer Olympics Final |
16 | 25 June 1961 | Chorzów, Poland | Poland | 1–0 |
1–1 |
1962 FIFA World Cup qualification |
17 | 8 October 1961 | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | South Korea | 5–1 |
5–1
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18 | 21 September 1961 | Seoul, South Korea | 1–0 |
3–1 | ||
19 | 2–0
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20 | 7 December 1961 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Indonesia | 2–1 |
5–1 |
Friendly |
21 | 14 December 1961 | Tel Aviv, Israel | Israel | 1–0 |
2–0 | |
22 | 2–0
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23 | 16 May 1962 | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | East Germany | 1–0 |
3–1 | |
24 | 3–1
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25 | 2 June 1962 | Arica, Chile | Uruguay | 2–1 |
3–1 |
1962 FIFA World Cup |
26 | 7 June 1962 | Colombia | 1–0 |
5–0 | ||
27 | 3–0
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28 | 30 September 1962 | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | West Germany | 1–0 |
2–3 | Friendly |
29 | 2–3
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30 | 14 October 1962 | Budapest, Hungary | Hungary | 1–0 |
1–0
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31 | 31 March 1963 | Brussels, Belgium | Belgium | 1–0 |
1–0 |
1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying |
32 | 18 September 1963 | Malmö, Sweden | Sweden | 1–0 |
2–3
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33 | 20 September 1964 | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | Luxembourg | 3–1 |
3–1 |
1966 FIFA World Cup qualification |
34 | 23 September 1964 | Europe XI | 2–5 |
2–7 |
Friendly | |
35 | 18 April 1965 | France | 1–0 |
1–0 |
1966 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
36 | 19 September 1965 | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 1–0 |
5–2 | |
37 | 2–0
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Honours
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- Yugoslav First League: 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964–65
- Yugoslav Cup runner-up: 1959–60
- European Cup runner-up: 1965–66
Standard Liège
- Belgian First Division: 1968–69, 1969–70
- Belgian Cup: 1966–67
International
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- Olympic Games: 1960
- European Nations' Cup runner-up: 1960
Individual
change- Olympic Games Top Scorer: 1960
- European Nations' Cup Top Scorer: 1960
- European Nations' Cup Team of the Tournament: 1960[3]
- Golden Badge: 1962
- Ballon d'Or (8th place): 1962
References
change- ↑ Yugoslav great Galic dies Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA (13 September 2014)
- ↑ "Milan Galic - Goals in International Matches". www.rsssf.com.
- ↑ "1960 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2020.