Milan Galić

Serbian footballer (1938–2014)

Milan Galić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Галић; 8 March 1938 – 13 September 2014)[1] was a Serbian footballer. He scored 37 international goals in 51 matches for the Yugoslavia national football team.[2] He participated in the 1960 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal, the 1960 UEFA European Football Championship, where Yugoslavia finished second (despite his goal in the final), and the 1962 FIFA World Cup, where Yugoslavia finished fourth.

Milan Galić
Milan Galić in 1966
Personal information
Date of birth(1938-03-08)8 March 1938
Place of birthBosansko Grahovo, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death13 September 2014(2014-09-13) (aged 76)
Place of deathBelgrade, Serbia
Position(s)Second Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1955–1958Proleter Zrenjanin?(?)
1958–1966Partizan148(74)
1966–1970Standard Liège84(33)
1970–1973Stade de Reims55(18)
National team
1959–1965Yugoslavia51(37)
Honours
Men's Football
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Team
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 1960 France Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Galić died in Belgrade, Serbia, aged 76.

Career statistics

Club

ClubLeagueSeasonLeagueContinentalTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
PartizanYugoslav First League1958–5910700107
1959–602210002210
1960–612114002114
1961–6221740257
1962–632516112617
1963–6420464268
1964–652415002415
1965–66513283
Total1487414716281
Standard LiègeBelgian First Division1966–67229522711
1967–6814240182
1968–6923511246
1969–702517623119
Total843316510038
ReimsFrench Division 11970–713614003614
1971–7216300163
1972–73310031
Total5518005518
Career total2871253012317137

International

National teamYearAppsGoals
Yugoslavia195921
19601414
1961117
1962108
196332
196452
196563
Total5137
List of international goals scored by Milan Galić
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
131 May 1959Belgrade, Yugoslavia  Bulgaria
1–0
2–0
1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying
224 April 1960Athens, Greece  Greece
4–0
5–0
1960 Summer Olympics qualifying
311 May 1960London, England  England
1–0
3–3Friendly
4
2–2
522 May 1960Belgrade, Yugoslavia  Portugal
5–1
5–1
1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying
66 July 1960Paris, France  France
1–0
5–4
1960 European Nations' Cup
710 July 1960  Soviet Union
1–0
1–2
1960 European Nations' Cup Final
86 August 1960Belgrade, Yugoslavia  Tunisia
4–0
7–0
Friendly
926 August 1960Pescara, Italy  United Arab Republic
2–0
6–1
1960 Summer Olympics
1029 August 1960Florence, Italy  Turkey
2–0
4–0
111 September 1960Rome, Italy  Bulgaria
1–0
3–3
12
2–0
13
3–1
145 September 1960Napoli, Italy  Italy
1–0
1–1
1510 September 1960Rome, Italy  Denmark
1–0
3–1
1960 Summer Olympics Final
1625 June 1961Chorzów, Poland  Poland
1–0
1–1
1962 FIFA World Cup qualification
178 October 1961Belgrade, Yugoslavia  South Korea
5–1
5–1
1821 September 1961Seoul, South Korea
1–0
3–1
19
2–0
207 December 1961Jakarta, Indonesia  Indonesia
2–1
5–1
Friendly
2114 December 1961Tel Aviv, Israel  Israel
1–0
2–0
22
2–0
2316 May 1962Belgrade, Yugoslavia  East Germany
1–0
3–1
24
3–1
252 June 1962Arica, Chile  Uruguay
2–1
3–1
1962 FIFA World Cup
267 June 1962  Colombia
1–0
5–0
27
3–0
2830 September 1962Zagreb, Yugoslavia  West Germany
1–0
2–3Friendly
29
2–3
3014 October 1962Budapest, Hungary  Hungary
1–0
1–0
3131 March 1963Brussels, Belgium  Belgium
1–0
1–0
1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying
3218 September 1963Malmö, Sweden  Sweden
1–0
2–3
3320 September 1964Belgrade, Yugoslavia  Luxembourg
3–1
3–1
1966 FIFA World Cup qualification
3423 September 1964Europe XI
2–5
2–7
Friendly
3518 April 1965  France
1–0
1–0
1966 FIFA World Cup qualification
3619 September 1965Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  Luxembourg
1–0
5–2
37
2–0

Honours

Club

Partizan

Standard Liège

International

Yugoslavia

Individual

References