Velimir Sombolac
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Velimir Sombolac | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 27 February 1939 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Banja Luka, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 22 May 2016 (aged 77) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Gradiška, Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1955–1957 | BSK Banja Luka | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1957–1959 | Borac Banja Luka | ||||||||||||||||
| 1959–1965 | Partizan | 102 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1965–1970 | Olimpija Ljubljana | 70 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1970–1971 |
Orijent | ||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1973 | Borac Banja Luka | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1958–1959 | Yugoslavia U21 | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1960 | Yugoslavia Olympic | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1960 | Yugoslavia | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1974 | Sloga Gornji Pogradci | ||||||||||||||||
| 1974–1976 | Borac Banja Luka (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1979 | Kozara Gradiška | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2001 | Republika Srpska | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Velimir Sombolac (Serbian Cyrillic: Велимир Сомболац; 27 February 1939 – 22 May 2016) was a Serbian footballer and manager.[1] He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[2]
Playing career
Club
Following the steps of his elder brother Petar, he started playing in his hometown club
International
After having played ten matches for the Yugoslav U-21 team, and also five for the national "B" team, he was in the Olympic team that represented Yugoslavia at the
Managerial career
Right after retiring, in 1973, he took charge of a small regional club called FK Sloga Gornji Pogradci, that provided him with crucial experience for returning, in 1974, to Borac, to become the assistant manager until 1976. During these years, Borac played one
After the break-up of Yugoslavia, he worked at the Football Association of Republika Srpska, helping to form all the youth category teams. From 1998 to 2001, he was the head coach of the Republika Srpska official football team.
Honours
Club
- Partizan
National team
- Yugoslavia
- Gold medal
References
- ^ Partizan official website tribute
- ^ "Velimir Sombolac". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
External links
- Velimir Sombolac at National-Football-Teams.com
- Velimir Sombolac at WorldFootball.net
- Velimir Sombolac at Reprezentacija.rs(in Serbian)
