Josip Pirmajer
Real Madrid | |||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 14 February 1944 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth |
Nazi-occupied Slovenia[a] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 24 June 2018 | (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
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Josip Pirmajer (14 February 1944 – 24 June 2018) was a Slovenian
Playing career
Club
Pirmajer was born in
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+1⁄2 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
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
- ^ a b c d "Istorija fudbala u Srbobranu, page 135 (in Serbian)
- ^ a b c d e f Josip Pirmajer at reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
- ^ "Josip Pirmajer, international football player". EU-football. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ Pirmajer podigao na noge Bačku Topolu at srbobran.net, 16 October 2013, Retrieved 19 July 2016 (in Serbian)
- ^ Josip Pirmajer - legenda koja živi at srbobran.net, 15 January 2009, Retrieved 19 July 2016 (in Serbian)
- ^ Novosti.rs article
External links
- Josip Pirmajer at EU-Football.info
- Josip Pirmajer at National-Football-Teams.com
- Josip Pirmajer at WorldFootball.net
- Josip Pirmajer at Olympedia