Bruno Belin

Croatian footballer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroCroatian footballer
PlacesCroatia
wasAthlete Football player Association football player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth16 January 1929, Zagreb, Zagreb County, Croatia
Death20 October 1962Belgrade, Belgrade District, Serbia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (aged 33 years)
The details

Biography

Bruno Belin (16 January 1929 – 20 October 1962) was a Croatian footballer who was part of Yugoslav national team at the 1954 FIFA World Cup.

Career

He started his career at Zagreb based NK Metalac and in 1950 he joined Belgrade-based giants FK Partizan where he won one national championship and 3 cup titles.

He made a total of 25 appearances for the Yugoslav national team between 1952 and 1959.

After retiring from playing career, he became a coach, however he died in a car crash in 1962 at the 25th kilometer of Belgrade-Zagreb highway.

The FK Partizan Academy, commonly known as "Belin–Lazarević–Nadoveza youth school" is named in his honour.

Honours

Partizan
  • Yugoslav First League: 1960–61
  • Yugoslav Cup: 1952, 1954, 1957
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