Vladislav Bogicevic
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 November 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Belgrade, FPR Yugoslavia | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1965–1968 | Red Star Belgrade | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1978 | Red Star Belgrade | 185 | (17) |
| 1969–1970 | → Maribor (loan) | 34 | (0) |
| 1978–1984 | New York Cosmos | 203 | (31) |
| Total | 422 | (48) | |
| National team | |||
| 1971–1977 | Yugoslavia | 23 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1995–1996 | New York Centaurs | ||
| 2000–2002 | FR Yugoslavia (assistant) | ||
| 2003–2004 | Belenenses | ||
| 2010 | SC White Eagles | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Vladislav Bogićević (Serbian Cyrillic: Владислав Богићевић; born 7 November 1950 in Belgrade, Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian former football (soccer) player. He is a member of the American National Soccer Hall of Fame.
Bogićević's playing career included 13 seasons with Red Star Belgrade where he was part of five Yugoslav league winning teams. Throughout his time at Red Star he was known by nickname Bleki.
With his confident play for Red Star, Bogićević garnered interest from several European clubs. However, strict sporting rules of communist Yugoslavia stating that no player could move abroad until the start of calendar year in which he turns 28 prevented the transfer from taking place.
In January 1978, technically still at the age of 27, Bogićević joined the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League. In time, the media would nickname him Bogie. In 203 regular season games, Bogićević scored 31 goals and 147 assists. He appeared in additional 33 playoff games scoring 8 goals and 19 assists.
"Bogie" was named to either the first or second team all-star team in each of his seven NASL seasons (second team in 1978 and 1979, and first team in 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, and 1984). He was also on three NASL championship winning teams. He was the league assist leader in 1981, 1982, and 1983.
Bogićević was inducted into the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame on 14 October 2002.
On the international scene, Bogićević appeared in 23 matches for Yugoslavia, scoring a total of two goals, and representing his country at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.
Bogićević made his debut on 9 May 1971 versus East Germany. Looking to protect the 0-2 away lead, head coach Vujadin Boškov brought the 21-year-old as a second-half substitute for Brane Oblak. By the end Yugoslavia conceded a goal, but still managed to hold on for important 1-2 away win in front of 94,876 fans in Leipzig.
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