Milan Galić

Milan Galić
Personal information
Date of birth8 March 1938
Place of birthBosansko Grahovo, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death13 September 2014 (aged 76)
Place of deathBelgrade, Serbia
Playing positionSecond Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1955–1958Proleter Zrenjanin?(?)
1958–1966Partizan148(74)
1966–1970Standard Liège84(33)
1970–1973Stade de Reims55(18)
National team
1959–1965Yugoslavia51(37)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

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. On the club level, he played for FK Partizan and Standard Liège. In 1960 he played in one of his 57 internationals, the Olympic final against Denmark. He got sent off, but Yugoslavia still won 3-1. Later the International Referees committee decided that the referee had erred in the dismissal.

In 1962, according to the selection of Sport daily newspaper, Galić was declared the sportsperson of the year in Yugoslavia. Galić usually played as a left sided second striker. He also played as winger or centre forward and was known as player who had very good technique, was extremely fast and agile.

References

  1. ↑ Yugoslav great Galic dies, FIFA (13 September 2014)
  2. ↑

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Awards
Preceded by
Miroslav Cerar		 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia
1962 		Succeeded by
Miroslav Cerar