Željko Perušić
(Redirected from Zeljko Perusic)
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| Date of birth | 23 March 1937 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Duga Resa, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 28 September 2017 (aged 81) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | St. Gallen, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1958–1965 | Dinamo Zagreb | 125 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1965–1970 | 1860 München | 138 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970–1973 | St. Gallen | 78 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 341 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1959–1964 | Yugoslavia | 27 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970–1974 | St. Gallen | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974–1975 | Vaduz | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1979 | Brühl | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Željko Perušić (23 March 1937 – 28 September 2017) was a Croatian footballer. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[2]
Club career
[edit]During his club career he played for NK Dinamo Zagreb, TSV 1860 München and FC St. Gallen.
International career
[edit]He made his debut for Yugoslavia in a November 1959 Olympic Games qualification match against Greece and earned a total of 27 caps, scoring no goals. He participated in the 1960 European Nations' Cup. His final international was a March 1964 friendly away against Bulgaria.[3]
Post-playing career
[edit]He then became a football manager in Switzerland.[4]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Dinamo Zagreb
- TSV 1860 Munich
International
[edit]- Yugoslavia
References
[edit]- ^ "Perusic, Zeljko" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ^ "Željko Perušić". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ Garin, Erik (20 June 2007). "Switzerland - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
External links
[edit]- Željko Perušić at WorldFootball.net
- Željko Perušić at National-Football-Teams.com
- Željko Perušić at kicker (in German)
- Željko Perušić at EU-Football.info
- Željko Perušić at Olympedia
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