Srđan Mrkušić Football player

Srđan Mrkušić (May 26, 1915 – October 30, 2007) was a Yugoslav football goalkeeper, legendary "third back" and forestry engineer.With a long professional football career that spanned more than two decades, he is known for representing FPR Yugoslavia at the 1950 World Cup as well as for being one of only seven footballers who represented both the pre and post World War II Yugoslavia.He also went down in history as one of the founders of Red Star Belgrade football club in early March 1945.Simultaneous to his football career, Mrkušić managed to earn a university degree in forestry. Following the end of his football playing days, he began working as engineer.

Personal facts

Birth dateMay 26, 1915
Birth place
Austria-Hungary , Podgora Split-Dalmatia County , Sinj
Date of deathOctober 30, 2007
Place of death
Serbia , Belgrade

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Football player

position
Goalkeeper (association football)
teams
Yugoslavia national football team
OFK Beograd
FK Milicionar
Socialist Republic of Serbia
Red Star Belgrade
HNK Hajduk Split

Srđan Mrkušić on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://nogomet.lzmk.hr/clanak.aspx?id=1252
  2. http://www.reprezentacija.rs/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1327&Itemid=12