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Bruno Belin

Bruno Belin
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Personal information
Full name Bruno Belin
Date of birth 16 January 1929
Place of birth Zagreb, Kingdom of SCS
Date of death 20 October 1962(1962-10-20) (aged 33)
Place of death Belgrade, FPR Yugoslavia
Playing position Defender
Youth career
NK Metalac Zagreb
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1962 FK Partizan 203 (14)
National team
1952–1959 Yugoslavia 25 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

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.

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.



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