Blagoje Vidinić

Blagoje Vidinić

Personal information
Full name	Blagoje Vidinić
Date of birth	(1934-06-11)11 June 1934
Place of birth	Skopje, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death
Place of death	Strasbourg, France
Height
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
?-1951	Vardar Skopje
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1951–1955	Vardar Skopje	144	(0)
1955–1961	Radnički Belgrade	123	(0)
1962–1964	OFK Belgrade	33	(0)
1964–1966	FC Sion
1967	Los Angeles Toros	20	(0)
1968	San Diego Toros	4	(0)
1969	St. Louis Stars	23	(0)
Total		286	(0)
International career
1956–1960	Yugoslavia	8	(0)
Managerial career
1970-1971	Morocco
1974	Zaire
1976–1979	Colombia
Medal record Men's Football Representing Yugoslavia Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne Team 1960 Rome Team European Championship 1960 France Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Blagoje Vidinić (Macedonian: Благоја Видиниќ; 11 June 1934 – 29 December 2006) was a Macedonian football coach, former player, and former Olympic participant of Serbian origin.

Born in Skopje, he played his club football for FK Vardar, Radnički Beograd and OFK Beograd in Yugoslavia, and then with FC Sion of Switzerland. In 1967 he moved to the USA to join the Los Angeles Toros of the National Professional Soccer League, making 20 appearances that season. He started the 1968 season with the relocated successor team San Diego Toros in the newly formed NASL, before moving to St. Louis Stars.

He played for Yugoslavia as a goalkeeper in the 1956 and 1960 Olympics, winning silver in the former and gold in the latter. He also played in the 1960 UEFA European Football Championship when Yugoslavia finished second.

After retiring from playing, he became a coach, and managed two African teams in the FIFA World Cup: Morocco in 1970 and Zaire in 1974.