Milan Ružić

Milan Ružić
Personal information
Date of birth (1955-07-25)25 July 1955
Place of birth Rijeka, FPR Yugoslavia
Date of death 25 January 2014(2014-01-25) (aged 58)
Place of death Rijeka, Croatia
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
NK Kraljevica
Crikvenica
Rijeka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1983 Rijeka 176 (18)
1983–1984 Beringen 22 (2)
1984–1988 AA Gent 114 (14)
1988–1989 Harelbeke 22 (3)
1989–1990 Hoek
Total 374 (115)
International career‡
1983 Yugoslavia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2010
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 May 2010

Milan Ružić (25 July 1955 in Rijeka, Yugoslavia – 25 January 2014 in Rijeka, Croatia) was a Croatian football player. He was capped twice for Yugoslavia.[1]

Club career

He scored 31 goals in 430 appearances for hometown club Rijeka and also played in Belgium.[2]

International career

Ružić made his debut for Yugoslavia in a March 1983 friendly match away against Romania and earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. His second and final international was a June 1983 friendly against West Germany.[3]

Death and legacy

He died in January 2014 after a long and serious illness.[4]

NK Kraljevica changed the name of their stadium Oštro to Stadium Milan Ružić - Minta in his honour in August 2015.[5]

Career statistics

Club

[6]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Yugoslavia League Yugoslav Cup Other Europe Total
NK Rijeka 1976-77 Yugoslav First League 29 2 2 0 – – – – 31 2
1977-78 29 0 4 1 – – – – 33 1
1978-79 32 3 5 1 – – 4 0 41 4
1979-80 26 5 0 0 – – 6 0 32 5
1980-81 24 4 0 0 – – - - 28 4
1981-82 16 0 2 0 – – - - 18 0
1982-83 18 4 2 0 – – - - 20 4
1983-84 1 0 - - – – - - 1 0
Belgium League Belgian Cup Other Europe Total
K. Beringen 1983-84 First Division 22 2 2 0 – – – – 24 2
K.A.A. Gent 1984-85 28 5 3 1 – – 1 0 32 6
1985-86 32 5 4 1 – – – – 36 6
1986-87 24 1 0 0 – – 5 0 29 1
1987-88 30 2 1 0 – – – – 31 2
K.R.C. Harelbeke 1988-89 Second Division 22 3 2 0 – – – – 24 3
Netherlands League KNVB Cup Other Europe Total
HSV Hoek 1989-90 Hoofdklasse - - - - – – – – 0 0
Career total 333 36 27 4 0 0 16 0 376 40

Honours

NK Rijeka
Individual

References

  1. ^ LZMK
  2. ^ Preminuo Milan Ružić, bivši legendarni veznjak Rijeke - Sportnet (in Croatian)
  3. ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  4. ^ PREMINUO MILAN MINTA RUŽIĆ - Croatian Football Federation (in Croatian)
  5. ^ SportCom.hr Stjepan Lončarić: NK Kraljevica u kolovozu organizira turnir u spomen na Milana Mintu Ružića, 15. srpnja 2015. (pristupljeno 1. svibnja 2016.)
  6. ^ "Milan Ružić statistics". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  7. ^ Novi list Orlando Rivetti: In memoriam. Minta, otrgnuti cvijet dobrote, 26. siječnja 2014. (pristupljeno 1. svibnja 2016.)


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