Bruno Belin (16 January 1929 – 20 October 1962) was a Croatia-born Yugoslav footballer who was part of
Yugoslav national team at the
1954 FIFA World Cup
The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerla ...
.
Club career
He started his career at Zagreb based NK Metalac and after completing his military service in 1950 he joined Belgrade-based giants
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; en, Partizan Football Club), sometimes known as Partizan Belgrade in English, is a Serbia, Serbian professional football club (association football), football ...
where he won one national championship and 3 cup titles.
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at Reprezentacija.rs Belin played a total of 463 games for Partizan with 41 goals scored. He was considered one of the best Yugoslav defenders at the time he played, and he especially stood out for his technique, quickness and calmness in the game.
International career
He made his debut for
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...
in a December 1952
friendly match
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against
West Germany
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and earned a total of 25 caps scoring no goals. His final international was a May 1959
European Nations' Cup qualifying match against
Bulgaria
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.
Death and legacy
After retiring from playing career, he became a coach, however he died in a car crash in 1962 at the 25th kilometer of
Belgrade-Zagreb highway, together with Partizan defender
Čedomir Lazarević
Čedomir Lazarević ( sr-Cyrl, Чедомир Лазаревић; 5 October 1926 – 20 October 1962) was a Serbian footballer who played for FK Partizan.
Death
He died in a car crash on 20 October 1962 at the 25th kilometre of the Belgrade–Z ...
, water polo player
Boris Škanata
Boris Škanata (18 May 1927 – 20 October 1962) was a Yugoslav swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke at the 1950 European Aquatics Championships. He finished seventh in the same event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Death
Škanata ...
and
Radnički Beograd player Vladimir Josipović.
The
FK Partizan Academy
The FK Partizan Youth School (/Омладинска школа фудбалског клуба Партизан), also known as Belin–Lazarević–Nadoveza youth school, is the youth school for Serbian football club Partizan Belgrade.
It was fo ...
, commonly known as "Belin–Lazarević–Nadoveza youth school" is named in his honour.
Honours
;Partizan
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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, ...
:
1960–61
*
Yugoslav Cup
The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...
: 1952,
1954
Events
January
* January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany.
* January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting.
* January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...
,
1957
1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...
References
External links
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1929 births
1962 deaths
Footballers from Zagreb
Association football defenders
Yugoslav footballers
Yugoslavia international footballers
1954 FIFA World Cup players
FK Partizan players
Yugoslav First League players
Road incident deaths in Yugoslavia
Road incident deaths in Serbia
Burials at Belgrade New Cemetery
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