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.Bruno Belin
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 An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, a scrimmage, a demonstration, a preseason game, a warmup match, or a preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the player's or ...

against

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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

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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 *

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 ...

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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 {{Croatia-footy-defender-stub