Srđan Mrkušić
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Srđan Mrkušić | ||
| Date of birth | May 26, 1915 | ||
| Place of birth | Podgora,Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | October 30, 2007 (aged 92) | ||
| Place of death | Belgrade, Serbia | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1934 | AŠK Split | ||
| 1934–1935 | Hajduk Split | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1935–1936 | Hajduk Split | 35 | (0) |
| 1936–1944 | BSK Belgrade | ? | (?) |
| 1945 | PR Serbia team | 2 | (0) |
| 1945 | Milicionar Belgrade | ? | (?) |
| 1946–1954 | Red Star Belgrade | 49 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1941, 1949–1950 |
 KofY/FPRY
|
11 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 12, 2007. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of March 12, 2007 |
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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.
Born in a small Dalmatian town of Podgora, Mrkušić started playing football in the city of Split where he moved to for gymnasium studies. Initially his parents, especially mother, vehemently objected, feeling that football isn't socially suitable and proper activity for their son.
His first club was AŠK Split, where at age 18 he got spotted by Luka Kaliterna who persuaded Mrkušić to join Hajduk Split's youth ranks in 1934.
In 1935 he made his first team debut for Hajduk. Only a year later, after graduating high school, having played the total of 35 matches for Hajduk, Mrkušić moved to Belgrade where he started playing for powerhouse BSK, a team for which he ended up appearing in more than 350 competitive matches over the next decade.
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