Bruno Belin

Bruno Belin (16 January 1929 – 20 October 1962) was a Croatian footballer who was part of Yugoslav national team at the 1954 FIFA World Cup.

Bruno Belin
Personal information
Full name Bruno Belin
Date of birth 16 January 1929
Place of birth Zagreb, Kingdom of SCS
Date of death 20 October 1962(1962-10-20) (aged 33)
Place of death Belgrade, FPR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
NK Metalac Zagreb
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1962 FK Partizan 203 (14)
National team
1952–1959 Yugoslavia 25 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

He started his career at Zagreb based NK Metalac and in 1950 he joined Belgrade-based giants FK Partizan where he won one national championship and 3 cup titles.[1]

He made a total of 25 appearances for the Yugoslav national team between 1952 and 1959.[1]

After retiring from playing career, he became a coach, however he died in a car crash in 1962 at the 25th kilometer of Belgrade-Zagreb highway.[1]

The FK Partizan Academy, commonly known as "Belin–Lazarević–Nadoveza youth school" is named in his honour.[1]

Honours

Partizan

References

  1. Bruno Belin at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)


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