Ljubiša Spajić
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| Full name | Ljubiša Spajić | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 March 1926 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | March 28, 2004 (aged 78) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1946–1947 | Red Star Belgrade | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1947–1949 | Budućnost Titograd | ||||||||||||||||
| 1950–1952 | BSK Beograd | 59 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 1952–1960 | Red Star Belgrade | 153 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1950–1957 | Yugoslavia | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1961–1962 | Aris Thessaloniki | ||||||||||||||||
| 1962 | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||
| 1962–1963 | Beşiktaş | ||||||||||||||||
| 1964–1967 | Beşiktaş | ||||||||||||||||
| 1968–1969 | Olympiacos | ||||||||||||||||
| 1969–1971 | Iraklis | ||||||||||||||||
| 1972–1974 | Panachaiki | ||||||||||||||||
| 1974–1975 | Iraklis | ||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1977 | Panachaiki | ||||||||||||||||
| 1978 | Panachaiki | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Ljubiša "Ljuba" Spajić (Serbian Cyrillic: Љубиша Љуба Спајић; 7 March 1926 – 28 March 2004) was a Serbian footballer who was part of Yugoslavia national football team at the 1954 FIFA World Cup and the 1956 Summer Olympics.[1] He later became a manager.
International career
On the national level, Spajić made his debut for Yugoslavia in a September 1950 friendly match away against Finland, coming on as a 68th-minute substitute for Marko Valok, and earned a total of 15 caps (no goals). His final international was a November 1957 World Cup qualification match against Greece.[2]
References
- ↑ "Ljubiša Spajić". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ↑ "Ljuba Spajić, international football player". EU-football.info. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
External links
- Ljubiša Spajić at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
- Ljubiša Spajić at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:
- 1926 births
- 2004 deaths
- Footballers from Belgrade
- Men's association football defenders
- Yugoslav men's footballers
- Yugoslavia men's international footballers
- 1954 FIFA World Cup players
- Olympic footballers for Yugoslavia
- Footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia
- Olympic medalists in football
- Red Star Belgrade footballers
- FK Budućnost Podgorica players
- OFK Beograd players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Yugoslav football managers
- Aris Thessaloniki F.C. managers
- Turkey national football team managers
- Beşiktaş J.K. managers
- Olympiacos F.C. managers
- Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) managers
- Panachaiki F.C. managers
- Super League Greece managers
- Süper Lig managers
- Yugoslav expatriate football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Greece
- Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Expatriate football managers in Turkey
- Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- 20th-century Serbian sportsmen
- Serbian football defender stubs
- Yugoslav Olympic medalist stubs