Milutin Šoškić
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Full name | Milutin Šoškić | ||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 31 December 1937 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Peć, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||
1955–1966 | FK Partizan | 177 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||
1966–1971 | 1. FC Köln | 65 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||||||
1959–1966 | Yugoslavia | 50 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
Teams managed | |||||||||||||||||||||
1972 | OFK Beograd | ||||||||||||||||||||
1977 | OFK Kikinda | ||||||||||||||||||||
1979–1990 | FK Partizan (assistant coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1993–2006 | USA (goalkeeper coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Milutin Šoškić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милутин Шошкић; born 31 December 1937) is a Serbian former goalkeeper[1] who is one of FK Partizan's biggest legends.
After retiring, he embarked on a coaching career. He was a long-time assistant in FK Partizan and was also the head coach of OFK Kikinda in the 1970s.
In 1993, the USA national team head coach Bora Milutinović brought him into his staff to be the goalkeepers coach. Šoškić remained even after Milutinović left in 1995, continuing to work with the team under head coaches Steve Sampson and later Bruce Arena. He left the team along with Arena after 2006 FIFA World Cup. While coaching in the United States, his nickname was Sholi.
References
- ↑ "Milutin Šoškić". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
External links
- Milutin Šoškić at Serbian federation site (Serbian)
- Milutin Šoškić profile at Fussballdaten