Srđan Mrkušić
Serbian footballer (1915–2007) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Srđan Mrkušić (May 26, 1915 – October 30, 2007) was a Serbian football goalkeeper, legendary "third back"[1] and forestry engineer.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Srđan Mrkušić | ||
Date of birth | (1915-05-26)May 26, 1915 | ||
Place of birth | Podgora,[1] Austria-Hungary | ||
Date of death | October 30, 2007(2007-10-30) (aged 92) | ||
Place of death | Belgrade, Serbia | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–1934 | AŠK Split | ||
1934–1935 | Hajduk Split | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1935–1936 | Hajduk Split | 35 | (0) |
1936–1944 | BSK Belgrade | ||
1945 | Milicionar | ||
1946–1954 | Red Star Belgrade | 49 | (0) |
International career | |||
1945 | Serbia | 2 | (0) |
1941–1950 | Yugoslavia | 11 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
With a long professional football career that spanned more than two decades, he is known for representing 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 national team.
He also went down in history as one of the founders of Red Star Belgrade football club in early March 1945 and the first goalkeeper of the Serbian nation team.
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 an engineer.