Petar Baralić

Petar Baralić
Personal information
Date of birthOctober 3, 1951
Place of birthČačak, Serbia, Yugoslavia
Playing positionForward / Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1968-1973Borac Čačak
1973-1979Red Star Belgrade
1979-1980Tampa Bay Rowdies50(14)
1979-1980Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor)12(21)
1981Detroit Express (indoor)12(4)
1981Washington Diplomats25(4)
1981-1983Baltimore Blast (indoor)76(52)
1983Tampa Bay Rowdies14(3)
1983-1984Phoenix Pride (indoor)38(23)
1984-1985Kansas City Comets (indoor)17(5)
Teams managed
Phoenix Heat
1989-1991Phoenix Hearts
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Petar "Peter" Baralic (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Баралић, born 3 October 1951) is a retired Yugoslavian soccer player who played professionally in the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League. He later coached the Phoenix Hearts of the Southwest Indoor Soccer League. He was the 1990 SISL Coach of the Year.

Player

In Yugoslavia, he played for Borac Čačak and Red Star Belgrade.[1]

In 1979, Baralic signed with the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the North American Soccer League. He played two seasons with the Rowdies, including the 1979-1980 NASL indoor season. In January 1981, the Detroit Express purchased Baralic from the Rowdies.[2] At the end of the 1980-1981 NASL indoor season, the Express moved to Washington, D.C. and were renamed the Washington Diplomats. In the fall of 1981, Baralic moved to the Baltimore Blast of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He played four seasons in the MISL for the Blast, Phoenix Pride and Kansas City Comets.

Coach

In 1987, Baralic became the head coach of the semi-professional indoor club, the Phoenix Heat.[3] In 1990, he was hired as the head coach of the Phoenix Hearts of the Southwest Indoor Soccer League.[4] He was the 1989-90 Southwest Independent Soccer League indoor season Coach of the Year.[5]

References

  1. http://www.radiodzenarika.net/index.php?option=com_jportfolio&cat=1&project=358&Itemid=82
  2. Vote on Express Move Today Washington Post, The (DC) - Friday, February 27, 1981
  3. Sockers add semi-pros to preseason schedule Evening Tribune (San Diego, CA) - Saturday, October 17, 1987
  4. No getting past it; Amigos' goal is secure The Arizona Daily Star - Wednesday, June 5, 1991
  5. The Year in American Soccer - 1990

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