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Milan Galić

Milan Galić
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Personal information
Full name Milan Galić
Date of birth (1938-03-08)8 March 1938
Place of birth Temerin, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death 13 September 2014(2014-09-13) (aged 76)
Place of death Belgrade, Serbia
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Striker
Youth career
1952–1958 Proleter Zrenjanin
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1966 Partizan 148 (74)
1966–1970 Standard Liège 84 (33)
1970–1973 Reims 55 (18)
Total 287 (125)
National team
1959–1965 Yugoslavia 51 (37)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Milan Galić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Галић; 8 March 1938 – 13 September 2014) was a Yugoslav professional footballer who played as a striker.

During his active career, Galić played for four clubs, namely Proleter Zrenjanin, Partizan, Standard Liège and Reims. He also represented Yugoslavia internationally, earning 51 caps and scoring 37 goals, being the second-highest scorer in the history of the national team, only behind Stjepan Bobek with 38.

After finishing his playing career, Galić worked for the Football Association of Yugoslavia. He died in 2014, aged 76.

After starting out with Proleter Zrenjanin, Galić was transferred to Partizan in the 1958–59 campaign. He spent the following eight seasons at Stadion JNA, winning the Yugoslav First League on four occasions (1961, 1962, 1963 and 1965). Likewise, Galić was a member of the team that lost 1–2 to Real Madrid in the 1966 European Cup Final.

After leaving his homeland, Galić moved to Standard Liège, winning the Belgian First Division twice (1969 and 1970), as well as the Belgian Cup in 1967. He also played for French club Reims between 1970 and 1973.


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