Željko Perušić

Željko Perušić (23 March 1936 – 28 September 2017) was a Croatian footballer.

Željko Perušić
Personal information
Date of birth (1936-03-23)23 March 1936
Place of birth Duga Resa, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death 28 September 2017(2017-09-28) (aged 81)
Place of death St. Gallen, Switzerland
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1965 Dinamo Zagreb 125 (9)
1965–1970 TSV 1860 München 138 (1)
1970–1973 FC St. Gallen 78 (1)
Total 341 (11)
National team
1959–1964 Yugoslavia 27 (0)
Teams managed
1970–1974 FC St. Gallen
1974–1975 FC Vaduz
1977–1979 SC Brühl
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

During his club career he played for NK Dinamo Zagreb, TSV 1860 München and FC St. Gallen. He earned 27 caps for the Yugoslavia national football team, and participated in the 1960 European Nations' Cup.

He then became a football manager in Switzerland.[2]

Honours

Club
Dinamo Zagreb
TSV 1860 Munich

International
Yugoslavia

References
  1. "Perusic, Zeljko" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  2. Garin, Erik (20 June 2007). "Switzerland - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 December 2012.


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