Milan Ružić (25 July 1955 in

Rijeka Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primor ...

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– 25 January 2014 in Rijeka,

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) was a Croatian

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player. He was capped twice for

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Club career

He scored 31 goals in 430 appearances for hometown club

and also played in Belgium.

International career

Ružić made his debut for

in a March 1983

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away against

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and earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. His second and final international was a June 1983 friendly against

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Death and legacy

He died in January 2014 after a long and serious illness.PREMINUO MILAN MINTA RUŽIĆ
- Croatian Football Federation NK Kraljevica changed the name of their stadium ''Oštro'' to Stadium ''Milan Ružić - Minta'' in his honour in August 2015.SportCom.hr
Stjepan Lončarić: ''NK Kraljevica u kolovozu organizira turnir u spomen na Milana Mintu Ružića'', 15. srpnja 2015. (pristupljeno 1. svibnja 2016.)

Career statistics

Club

Honours

;NK Rijeka *

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, ...

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

Balkans Cup The Balkans Cup was an international football competition for clubs from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and Yugoslavia. It was introduced in 1961 and was very popular in the 1960s (the 1967 final attracted 42,000 spectators), being t ...

: 1978 ;Individual *Best

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player 1978-79, 1980-81, 1982-83 *

best left midfielder of all time *Scorer of the 2500 goal 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, ...

Novi list
Orlando Rivetti: ''In memoriam. Minta, otrgnuti cvijet dobrote'', 26. siječnja 2014. (pristupljeno 1. svibnja 2016.) *

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all time XI by Novi list

References

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