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| Full name | Blagoje Vidinić | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 June 1934 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Skopje, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 29 December 2006 (aged 72) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Strasbourg, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ?-1951 | Vardar Skopje | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1951–1955 | Vardar Skopje | 144 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1955–1961 | Radnički Belgrade | 123 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1962–1964 | OFK Belgrade | 33 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964–1966 | FC Sion | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1967 | Los Angeles Toros | 20 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1968 | San Diego Toros | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1969 | St. Louis Stars | 23 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 286 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956–1960 | Yugoslavia | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1970-1971 | Morocco | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | Zaire | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1979 | Colombia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Blagoje Vidinić (Macedonian: Благоја Видиниќ) (11 June 1934[1] – 29 December 2006) was a Macedonian football coach, former player, and former Olympic participant of Serbian origin.
Born in Skopje, he played his club football for FK Vardar, Radnički Beograd and OFK Beograd in Yugoslavia, and then with FC Sion of Switzerland.[2] In 1967 he moved to the USA to join the Los Angeles Toros in the NASL, making 20 appearances that season.[3] He started the 1968 season with the relocated successor team San Diego Toros, before moving to St. Louis Stars where he was known as Barney Vidinic.[3]
He played for Yugoslavia as a goalkeeper in the 1956 and 1960 Olympics, winning silver in the former and gold in the latter.[1][4] He also played in the 1960 UEFA European Football Championship when Yugoslavia finished second.
After retiring from playing, he became a coach, and managed two African teams in the FIFA World Cup: Morocco in 1970 and Zaire in 1974.[5]
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