Full name Blagoje Vidinic Role Football player Height 1.98 m | Playing position Position Goalkeeper Name Blagoje Vidinic | |
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Date of birth (1934-06-11)11 June 1934 Place of birth Skopje, Kingdom of Yugoslavia Date of death 29 December 2006(2006-12-29) (aged 72) Died December 29, 2006, Strasbourg, France | ||
Place of death Strasbourg, France | ||
Blagoje Vidinić (Macedonian: Благоја Видиниќ; 11 June 1934 – 29 December 2006) was a Macedonian football coach, former player, and former Olympic participant of Serbian origin.
Born in Skopje, he played his club football for FK Vardar, Radnički Beograd and OFK Beograd in Yugoslavia, and then with FC Sion of Switzerland. In 1967 he moved to the USA to join the Los Angeles Toros of the National Professional Soccer League, making 20 appearances that season. He started the 1968 season with the relocated successor team San Diego Toros in the newly formed NASL, before moving to St. Louis Stars.
He played for Yugoslavia as a goalkeeper in the 1956 and 1960 Olympics, winning silver in the former and gold in the latter. He also played in the 1960 UEFA European Football Championship when Yugoslavia finished second.
After retiring from playing, he became a coach, and managed two African teams in the FIFA World Cup: Morocco in 1970 and Zaire in 1974.