Anđelo Milevoj (born 26 March 1941) is a Croatian retired football player. He was named Best Defender of the Yugoslav First League for two years in a row, in 1967 and 1968.[1]

Anđelo Milevoj
Milevoj
Personal information
Full name Anđelo Milevoj
Date of birth 26 March 1941 (1941-03-26) (age 83)
Place of birth Labin, Italy
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Rudar Labin
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1970 Rijeka 200 (0)
1970–1972 Olimpija Ljubljana 37 (2)
International career
1966 Yugoslavia 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career edit

Born in Labin,[2] as a player, he was widely regarded as one of HNK Rijeka's best defenders of all time.[3] He spent seven years in Rijeka, collecting 200 caps. He also spent two years with Olimpija Ljubljana.

International career edit

He has made four appearances for the Yugoslavia national team (against the USSR, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and Israel), all friendlies in 1966.[4][5]

Honours edit

HNK Rijeka

Olimpija Ljubljana

Individual edit

Career statistics edit

Club edit

[6] [7]

Club performance League
Season Club League Apps Goals
Yugoslavia League
1963–64 NK Rijeka Yugoslav First League 25 0
1964–65 28 0
1965–66 28 0
1966–67 30 0
1967–68 30 0
1968–69 33 0
1969–70 Yugoslav Second League 26 0
NK Rijeka total 200 0
1970–71 Olimpija Ljubljana Yugoslav First League 19 2
1971–72 18 0
Olimpija Ljubljana total 37 2
Career total 237 2

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Milevoj Anđelo". Fudbalska reprezentacija Srbije. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  2. ^ Anđelo Milevoj at Reprezentacija.rs
  3. ^ a b Lazzarich, Marinko (2008) (in Croatian). Kantrida bijelih snova. Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0, p. 467.
  4. ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  5. ^ Lazzarich, Marinko (2008) (in Croatian). Kantrida bijelih snova. Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0, pp. 359–60.
  6. ^ "Milevoj Anđelo". www.reprezentacija.rs. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Stats". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 26 September 2019.

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