Milan "Mile" Čop (born 5 October 1938, in

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) is a Croatian retired

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player.

International career

He made his debut for

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in an October 1963

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away against

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and earned a total of 10 caps scoring no goals. His final international was an October 1964 Olympic Games match against

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1938 births Living people Footballers from Slavonski Brod Men's association football defenders Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Yugoslavia Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics NK Marsonia players Red Star Belgrade footballers Oakland Clippers players AS Nancy Lorraine players San Jose Earthquakes (1974–1988) players Yugoslav First League players National Professional Soccer League (1967) players Ligue 1 players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in the United States {{Croatia-footy-defender-stub