Milan Galić

Milan Galić
Милан Галић

Personal information
Date of birth	8 March 1938 (1938-03-08) (age 73)
Place of birth	Maleševci, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1958–1966	Partizan	148	(74)
1966–1970	Standard Liège	84	(33)
1970–1973	Stade de Reims	55	(18)
National team
1959–1965	Yugoslavia	51	(37)
Honours Men's Football Competitor for  Yugoslavia Olympic Games Gold 1960 Rome Team European Championship Silver 1960 France Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Milan Galić (Serbian: Милан Галић, born 8 March 1938) is a former Serbian footballer.

He scored 37 international goals in 51 matches for the Yugoslavia national football team.^[1] 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. On the club level, he played for FK Partizan and Standard Liège. In 1960 he played in one of his 57 internationals against Denmark. He got sent off, but Yugoslavia still won 3-1. Later the International Referees committee decided that the referee had erred in the dismissal.

In 1962, according to the selection of Sport daily newspaper, Galić was declared the sportperson of the year in Yugoslavia.

References

1. ^ [1]

External links

• Profile on Serbian federation official site

Awards
Preceded by Miroslav Cerar	The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia 1962	Succeeded by Miroslav Cerar

Persondata
Name	Galic, Milan
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	8 March 1938
Place of birth	Maleševci, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death
Place of death