Svetislav Glišović (

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: Светислав Глишовић; 17 September 1913 – 10 March 1988) was a Yugoslav international

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player and manager.

Club career

Glišović played in the youth team of SK Soko before becoming one of the main players of the BSK golden 1930s, he was, together with Tirnanić, Vujadinović, Marjanović and Božović, the main contributor to the attacking game of the club. Since his first appearance in the

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season, he won four national championships, and was the league top scorer, with ten goals in same number of matches, in the 1939–40 season. He spent a decade in the club, playing in both sides in the midfield and becoming famous for his speed and strong shot.

International career

Beside the 15 matches played for the Belgrade City selection, and three matches for the B national team, Glišović played an impressive 21 matches for the

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, having scored nine times. His debut was on 5 June 1932 in Belgrade against France, and his last match was on 14 April 1940 against Germany in Vienna.

Managerial career

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plus the Yugoslav Army team. Glišović was in charge as coach of the winning SR Serbia team. From the next season the championship was held normally, with clubs competing, and he was named the head coach of the

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team, where he stayed for two years until 1948. Afterwards, he continued his coaching career in

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Honours

;BSK * Yugoslav First League:

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1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...

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, 1938–39 ;Individual * Yugoslav First League top scorer : 1939–40

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Glisovic, Svetislav 1913 births 1988 deaths Footballers from Belgrade Men's association football midfielders Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers Yugoslav First League players OFK Beograd players Stade Français Paris players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in France Yugoslav football managers Red Star Belgrade managers Panathinaikos F.C. managers Grasshopper Club Zurich managers Aris Thessaloniki F.C. managers Yugoslav expatriate football managers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate soccer coaches in the United States Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in the United States