Milutin Šoškić

Serbian footballer (1937–2022)

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 birthPeć, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death27 August 2022(2022-08-27) (aged 84)
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)Goalkeeper
Youth career
1948–1955Partizan
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1955–1966Partizan410(0)
1966–19711. FC Köln65(0)
Total475(0)
National team
1959–1966Yugoslavia50(0)
Teams managed
1973–1976OFK Beograd
1977OFK Kikinda
1979–1990Partizan (assistant coach)
1993–2006United 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]

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