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| Date of birth | 7 March 1939 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Injoux-Génissiat, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1945-1955 | Radnički Bajmok | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1956-1958 | FK Spartak Subotica | 29 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 1958-1964 | Red Star Belgrade | 82 | (22) | ||||||||||||||
| 1964-1966 | RC Paris | 43 | (20) | ||||||||||||||
| 1966-1967 | Entente Fontainebleau | 5 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 1967-1969 | RC Paris | ||||||||||||||||
| 1969-1973 | Deportivo Italia | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1960 |
 Yugoslavia | 7 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Dušan Maravić (Serbian Cyrillic: Душaн Mapaвић; born March 7, 1939) is a Serbian former midfielder who played for SFR Yugoslavia.
Early life and playing career
Born in France, as his father were working in Injoux-Génissiat, a small village close to Swiss border. After the Second World War his family moved back to Yugoslavia, settling in Bajmok, a village close to Subotica. His first football steps were taken in local club Radnički Bajmok when Maravić was six years old, ten years later he joined the more famous Spartak Subotica. In 1958, aged 19 he became a member of Yugoslavian giants Red Star Belgrade. In six years with Red Star, Maravić appeared in 232 official matches, scoring 82 goals. Attacking midfielder has also member of Yugoslavia national football team player in 7 occasiones, and scored 3 goals. Thanks to being member of gold Olympic medal squad, he was allowed to go abroad before national propositions limit of 28. Hence, he became a member of Racing Paris aged 25. He played for "The Penguins" until 1969 when he shortly moved to OFK Beograd, and then proceed to Venezuelan Deportivo Italia.[1]
Post playing career
After retiring as a player, he has spent some time coaching and also working in national football union administration, which led him to become an employee of UEFA and FIFA as an international instructor and delegate. He was nominated to run for FIFA president.[2]
Personal
He is fluent in: French, English, Spanish and Italian language. Simultaneously with his sporting career, Maravić has pursued studies, finishing University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics.[3] He has sons Antoni and Alfredo, the latter works as a sports agent.
References
- ^ „U FIfu me uveo Jozef Sep Blater Lično“, interview for „Politika“, 24. August 2008.Template:Sr icon
- ^ „U FIfu me uveo Jozef Sep Blater Lično“, interview for „Politika“, 24. August 2008.Template:Sr icon
- ^ „U FIfu me uveo Jozef Sep Blater Lično“, interview for „Politika“, 24. August 2008.Template:Sr icon
- Profile on Serbian federation site
- Interview at "Politika"
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- 1939 births
- Living people
- French footballers
- French people of Serbian descent
- Serbian footballers
- Yugoslav footballers
- Yugoslavia international footballers
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Expatriate footballers in Venezuela
- Association football midfielders
- Deportivo Italia players
- University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics alumni
- FK Spartak Subotica players
- Red Star Belgrade footballers
- Ligue 2 players
- RCF Paris players
- Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Yugoslavia
- Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia
- Olympic medalists in football
- FIFA officials