Josip Katalinski (12 May 1948 – 9 June 2011) was a Bosnian professional football manager and

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Club career

Katalinski's career began in a small club Igman based in Ilidža, a suburb of

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. He was spotted there in 1964 by Željezničar coaches who offered a move to their club's youth system. He accepted the offer immediately and one year later made his first team debut. Katalinski played for Željezničar until 1975, making more than 250 league appearances and, although a defender, scoring 32 league goals. In total, he played more than 350 games for Željezničar, scoring more than 100 goals. He was a part of the team that won the

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in the 1971–72 season. Katalinski decided to go abroad in 1975. Subsequently, he signed a contract with French

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club

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. He played 150 games for Nice before deciding end his career in 1978 at only the age of 30 because of a severe injury.

International career

As a youngster, Katalinski started playing for junior team of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, and later for the Yugoslav junior national team (12 caps) and Under-21 national team (18 caps). In 1972, he made his debut for the senior Yugoslav national team. He collected 41 caps and scored 10 goals. One of the most famous moments of his career was a

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play-off match against

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at Waldstadion in

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. Katalinski scored the only goal of the game that secured Yugoslavia a place at the

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and instantly became a hero of the nation. He was part of the Yugoslav 1974 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1976 squads. His final international was a May 1977

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match against

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Postplaying career

Katalinski worked as a youth coordinator for the

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. He was an educated football manager and had also graduated in physical education. He worked as a coach in several clubs and one time he was vice-president of his favourite Željezničar. During 1998, he was also the manager of

Bosnian Premier League The m:tel Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( bs, m:tel Premijer liga Bosne i Hercegovine / м:тел Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), also known as Liga 12, is the top tier football league in Bosnia and He ...

club Čelik Zenica.

Death and memorial

On 9 June 2011, Katalinski died at the age of 63 in

after a long and hard battle with an illness. In his memory, the

has been organizing the ''Memorial tournament Josip Katalinski-Škija'' for U17 teams since June 2012.

Honours

Player

Željezničar *

: 1971–72

Individual

Awards *

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: 1974

References

External links

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