Milutin Šoškić

Milutin Šoškić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милутин Шошкић; born 31 December 1937) is a Serbian former football goalkeeper.[1] He is considered as one of FK Partizan's biggest legends.

Milutin Šoškić
Šoškić in 2006
Personal information
Full name Milutin Šoškić
Date of birth (1937-12-31) 31 December 1937
Place of birth Peć, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
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 177 (1)
1966–1971 1. FC Köln 65 (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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Biography

He won an Olympic gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy with Yugoslavia. They topped their pool consisting of Bulgaria, United Arab Republic and Turkey before beating Italy in the semi-finals and crowning themselves champions after beating Denmark 3-1 in the final. At the tournament, Šoškić only conceded 6 goals against him.

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
  1. "Milutin Šoškić". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
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