Milutin Šoškić

Milutin Šoškić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милутин Шошкић; 31 December 1937 – 27 August 2022) was a Serbian professional footballer. He played as a goalkeeper.[1] He made 50 appearances for Yugoslavia national football team between 1959 to 1966. He won an Olympic gold medal in 1960.

Milutin Šoškić
Šoškić in 2006
Personal information
Date of birth (1937-12-31)31 December 1937
Place of birth Peć, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death 27 August 2022(2022-08-27) (aged 84)
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1948–1955 Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1966 Partizan 410 (0)
1966–1971 1. FC Köln 65 (0)
Total 475 (0)
National team
1959–1966 Yugoslavia 50 (0)
Teams managed
1973–1976 OFK Beograd
1977 OFK Kikinda
1979–1990 Partizan (assistant coach)
1993–2006 United States (goalkeeper coach)
Honours
Men's Football
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1960 RomeTeam
European Championship
Silver medal – second place1960 FranceTeam
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Šoškić died on 27 August 2022 at the age of 84.[2]

References
  1. "Milutin Šoškić". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  2. "Velika tuga: Preminuo legendarni Milutin Šoškić". NOVA portal (in Serbian). 2022-08-27. Retrieved 2022-08-27.


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