Slobodan Karalić ( sr-cyrl, Слободан Каралић; 14 May 1956 – 26 November 2013) was a
Yugoslav football
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er.
Club career
Karalić played for
FK Borac Banja Luka
Fudbalski klub Borac Banja Luka (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Бopaц Бања Лука, ) is a Bosnian Serb professional association football, football club, based in the city of Banja Luka, Republika ...
in the
Yugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...
. While playing for this club, in 1988, he won
Yugoslav Cup
The Yugoslav Cup (; ; , ), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup (; , and between 1947 and 1991 as the Marshal Tito Cup (; ; ; ), was one of two major association football, football competitions in Socialist Federal Re ...
. He was also a member of
FK Crvena Zvezda
Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...
in 1983/84 season, but he did not play in any league match.
Coaching career
After retiring he had a coaching career in
Greece
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,
Cyprus
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and
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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.
Personal
His son is
Vladimir Karalić
Death
After a long and serious illness, Karalić died on 26 November 2013.
References
External links
Interviewat FK Borac Banja Luka official website
at
RSSSF
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1956 births
2013 deaths
Footballers from Banja Luka
Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Men's association football goalkeepers
Yugoslav men's footballers
FK Borac Banja Luka players
Red Star Belgrade footballers
Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. players
Yugoslav First League players
Super League Greece players
Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers
AEP Paphos FC managers
Nea Salamis Famagusta FC managers
FK Borac Banja Luka managers
Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina managers
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate football managers in Greece
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Expatriate football managers in Cyprus
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus