Blagoje Paunović
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Full name | Blagoje Paunović | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 4 June 1947 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Pusto Šilovo, FPR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 9 December 2014 | (aged 67)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Belgrade, Serbia | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
1958–1965 | Partizan | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1965–1975 | Partizan | 225 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1975–1977 | Utrecht | 37 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1977 | Kikinda | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1978 | Oakland Stompers | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1979 | Sinđelić Beograd | ||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1967–1973 | Yugoslavia | 39 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
1994 | Logroñés | ||||||||||||||||
1999–2002 | Teleoptik | ||||||||||||||||
2002–2003 | Budućnost Banatski Dvor | ||||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Teleoptik (joint) | ||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 |
Smederevo | ||||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | BASK | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Blagoje Paunović (
Playing career
Born in Pusto Šilovo, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, he started his youth career in FK Partizan as a nine-year-old, although minimum age required to start playing for Partizan youths was ten. He was spotted by Partizan coach Virgil Popescu who insisted in bringing him over. Apart from short spell abroad, Blagoje spent most of his time in Partizan and, as a player or coach, he was part of Partizan for almost half a century. Paunović played for ten seasons with FK Partizan, amassing nearly 300 official appearances with the Belgrade club. During the 70's, he formed an efficient backline alongside Dragan Holcer and Miroslav Pavlović.
At 28, in 1975, Paunović joined
On the international level, Paunović played a total of 39 matches for Yugoslavia, making his debut on 12 November 1967 in a 4–0 home win against Albania for the UEFA Euro 1968 qualifiers, and participating at the final stages in Italy.
Coaching career
In the
Personal life
Paunović's son,
. He too started his extensive career with Partizan, but played mainly in Spain.References
- Red Nation Online. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
- ^ Fernández-Cuesta, Juan (29 December 1994). "Colocarse en puestos de descenso o promoción, pasaporte hacia el paro" [Relegation or play-off standings, ticket to unemployment]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 June 2014.
External links
- Blagoje Paunović at Reprezentacija.rs(in Serbian)
- Blagoje Paunović at National-Football-Teams.com
- Blagoje Paunović – FIFA competition record (archived)
- NASL stats
- Blagoje Paunović at WorldFootball.net
- Blagoje Paunović manager profile at BDFutbol