Anđelo Milevoj (born 26 March 1941) is a

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ian retired

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player. He was named Best Defender of the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

for two years in a row, in 1967 and 1968.

Club career

Born in

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, as a player, he was widely regarded as one of

HNK Rijeka Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka ( en, Croatian Football Club Rijeka), commonly referred to as NK Rijeka or simply Rijeka, is a Croatian professional association football, football club from the city of Rijeka. HNK Rijeka compete in Croatia's top ...

's best defenders of all time. He spent seven years in Rijeka, collecting 200 caps. He also spent two years with Olimpija Ljubljana.

International career

He has made four appearances for the Yugoslavia national team (against the USSR, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and Israel), all friendlies in 1966.Lazzarich, Marinko (2008) (in Croatian). Kantrida bijelih snova. Rijeka: Adamić. , pp. 359–60.

Honours

HNK Rijeka *

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: 1969–70 *

4th place: 1964–65, 1965–66 Olimpija Ljubljana *

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runner-up:

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Individual

* Best Defender of the Yugoslav First League:

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, 1968 * NK Rijeka all time XILazzarich, Marinko (2008) (in Croatian). Kantrida bijelih snova. Rijeka: Adamić. , p. 467.

Career statistics

Club

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* 1941 births Living people People from Labin Sportspeople from Istria County Men's association football defenders Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers NK Rudar Labin players HNK Rijeka players NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945–2005) players Yugoslav First League players {{Croatia-footy-defender-stub