Josip Pirmajer

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Josip Pirmajer
Real Madrid
Personal information
Date of birth (1944-02-14)14 February 1944
Place of birth
Nazi-occupied Slovenia[a]
Date of death 24 June 2018(2018-06-24) (aged 74)
Place of death Srbobran, Serbia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)
Winger
Youth career
Elan Srbobran
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1963
Novi Sad
44 (7)
1964–1968 Partizan 121 (28)
1968–1972 Vojvodina 81 (15)
1972–1975 Nîmes 60 (5)
1975–1977
Novi Sad
35 (7)
International career
1964 Yugoslavia 4 (0)
Managerial career
Novi Sad
Jedinstvo Novi Bečej
1997–1998 Vojvodina
Elan Srbobran
Beograd
2006 Sileks
Big Bull Bačinci
Bečej
2011 Sloga Erdevik
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Yugoslavia
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1971 Izmir Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Josip Pirmajer (14 February 1944 – 24 June 2018) was a Slovenian

winger. At international level, he represented the Yugoslavia national team
.

Playing career

Club

Pirmajer was born in

1966 European Cup Final. During his spell in Partizan he got the record of having played 252 consecutive competitive matches.[2]

In summer 1967 Pirmajer returned to Novi Sad this time joining FK Vojvodina where he played further four seasons in Yugoslav top-flight. Afterwards, he played 2+12 seasons abroad, in France, with Nîmes Olympique in League 1. During the 1974–75 winter break, Pirmajer returned to Yugoslavia and, aged 30, he joined his former club RFK Novi Sad playing with them until summer 1977 in the Yugoslav Second League.[2]

International

Pirmajer played for all youth levels of the Yugoslavia national team, including the Olympic team, before debuting for Yugoslavia national team in 1964. He made four appearances for Yugoslavia.[3]

Managerial career

After retiring, Pirmajer became a coach and he worked at

FK Bečej.[2]

Pirmajer continued living in Serbia where he became president of FK Srbobran.[4]

In January 2009, the Sports Association of the municipality of Srbobran gave Pirmajer a special award as recognition of him as the most successful sportsman from Srboobran and for his overall contribution for development of sport in the municipality. As well as being an excellent footballer, Pirmajer played also handball with RK Bačka, basketball with KK Akademik, and table tennis.[5]

Death

Pirmajer died on 24 June 2018 in Srbobran, Serbia at the age of 74.[6]

Honours

Novi Sad
Partizan

Notes

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Istorija fudbala u Srbobranu, page 135 (in Serbian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f Josip Pirmajer at reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
  3. ^ "Josip Pirmajer, international football player". EU-football. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  4. ^ Pirmajer podigao na noge Bačku Topolu at srbobran.net, 16 October 2013, Retrieved 19 July 2016 (in Serbian)
  5. ^ Josip Pirmajer - legenda koja živi at srbobran.net, 15 January 2009, Retrieved 19 July 2016 (in Serbian)
  6. ^ Novosti.rs article

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