Svetislav Glišović (

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

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Club career

Glišović played in the youth team of SK Soko before becoming one of the main players of the

BSK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club'') is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade, more precisely in Karaburma ...

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 1931–32 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

In the first national Championship after the Second World War in

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the competition was organised by the selections of the six republics forming the new

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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 Beograd *

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, ...

(4): 1932–33, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1938–39 ;Individual *

top scorer (1): 1939–40

References

External links

Profile at Serbian Federation website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Glisovic, Svetislav 1913 births 1988 deaths Footballers from Belgrade Serbian footballers Yugoslav footballers Yugoslavia international footballers Yugoslav First League players OFK Beograd players Yugoslav expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in France Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate soccer managers in the United States Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in the United States Serbian football managers Yugoslav football managers Red Star Belgrade managers Aris Thessaloniki F.C. managers Association football midfielders Grasshopper Club Zürich managers Panathinaikos F.C. non-playing staff