Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 23 March 1937 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Duga Resa, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 28 September 2017 | (aged 81)||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | St. Gallen, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1958–1965 | Dinamo Zagreb | 125 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1965–1970 | 1860 München | 138 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1970–1973 | St. Gallen | 78 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 341 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1959–1964 | Yugoslavia | 27 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1970–1974 | St. Gallen | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1974–1975 | Vaduz | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1977–1979 | Brühl | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Željko Perušić (23 March 1937 – 28 September 2017) was a Croatian footballer. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics. [2]
During his club career he played for NK Dinamo Zagreb, TSV 1860 München and FC St. Gallen.
He made his debut for Yugoslavia in a November 1959 Olympic Games qualification match against Greece and earned a total of 27 caps, scoring no goals. He participated in the 1960 European Nations' Cup. His final international was a March 1964 friendly away against Bulgaria. [3]
He then became a football manager in Switzerland. [4]