Predrag_Spasić
Predrag Spasić
Serbian footballer
Predrag Spasić (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Спасић; born 13 May 1965) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a central defender.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Predrag Spasić | ||
| Date of birth | (1965-05-13) 13 May 1965 (age 58) | ||
| Place of birth | Kragujevac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Radnički Kragujevac | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1988 | Radnički Kragujevac | ||
| 1988–1990 | Partizan | 55 | (3) |
| 1990–1991 | Real Madrid | 22 | (0) |
| 1991–1994 | Osasuna | 88 | (3) |
| 1994–1995 | Atlético Marbella | 5 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Radnički Beograd | 8 | (1) |
| 1996–1997 | Radnički Kragujevac | ||
| Total | 178+ | (7+) | |
| International career | |||
| 1988–1991 | Yugoslavia | 31 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Spasić was born in Kragujevac, PR Serbia, Yugoslavia. Over the course of his career he played for FK Radnički Kragujevac, FK Partizan, Real Madrid,[1] CA Osasuna, CA Marbella, FK Radnički Beograd and again FK Radnički Kragujevac, retiring at the age of 32.[2]
During his four-year spell in La Liga, Spasić amassed totals of 110 games and three goals, being relegated with Osasuna at the end of the 1993–94 season. On 19 January 1991, whilst at the service of Real Madrid, he scored an own goal in a 1–2 away loss against FC Barcelona,[3] and was widely regarded as one of the club's worst signings.[4]
Spasić was capped 31 times for the Yugoslavia national team and scored one goal, appearing for the quarter-finalists at the 1990 FIFA World Cup (five complete matches).[5] His debut arrived on 24 August 1988, when he played the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 friendly win in Switzerland.
- Paradinas, Juan José (18 July 1990). "El Real Madrid ficha al yugoslavo Spasic para sustituir a Ruggeri" [Real Madrid sign Yugoslav Spasic as replacement for Ruggeri]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- Salinas, David (18 March 2016). "5 historias del clásico FC Barcelona-Real Madrid de Liga en el Camp Nou" [5 stories of the FC Barcelona-Real Madrid League classic at the Camp Nou]. Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- "Los fichajes más decepcionantes del Real Madrid" [Real Madrid's most disappointing signings]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 9 September 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- Miladinovich, Misha. "Yugoslavia National Team List of Results 1990–1999". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- Predrag Spasić at BDFutbol
- Predrag Spasić at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
- Predrag Spasić at National-Football-Teams.com
- Predrag Spasić – FIFA competition record (archived)