Spasoje_Samardžić
Spasoje Samardžić
Serbian retired soccer player and manager (born 1942)
Spasoje "Paja" Samardžić (Serbian Cyrillic: Спасоје Паја Самарџић; born 20 May 1942) is a Serbian retired football winger and manager.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Spasoje Samardžić | ||
Date of birth | (1942-05-20) 20 May 1942 (age 81) | ||
Place of birth | Kraljica, Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Youth career | |||
1957–1958 | FK Novi Beograd | ||
1958–1960 | OFK Beograd | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1959–1966 | OFK Beograd | 143 | (51) |
1967 | FC Twente | 17 | (7) |
1967–1969 | Feyenoord | 39 | (12) |
1969–1972 | Saint-Étienne | 33 | (6) |
Total | 232 | (76) | |
International career | |||
1959 | Yugoslavia U20 | 3 | (0) |
1963 | Yugoslavia U21 | 1 | (0) |
1962–1966 | Yugoslavia | 26 | (3) |
Managerial career | |||
Srem Jakovo | |||
Beograd | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
International
With two games for the young team (1959) and one for the Under-21 team (1963), he capped 26 games for the best selection of Yugoslavia, scoring three goals. He debuted against East Germany (1–2) in Leipzig on 16 September 1962, then he played in the Olympic tournament in Japan. He played his last national team game on 19 October 1966 against Czechoslovakia (0–3) in Belgrade.
Following his playing career, Samardžić worked as a coach for Srem Jakovo and FK Beograd. He also served as director of OFK Beograd.
- OFK Beograd
- Yugoslav First League: Runner-up 1963–64
- Yugoslav Cup: 1961–62, 1965–66
- Feyenoord
- Eredivisie: 1968–69
- KNVB Cup: 1968–69
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1967, 1968
- Saint-Étienne
- Spasoje Samardžić at WorldFootball.net
- Spasoje Samardžić at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
- Spasoje Samardžić at National-Football-Teams.com
- Spasoje Samardžić at WorldFootball.net
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