Slaviša Žungul

Slaviša Žungul ( born July 28, 1954 in Požarevac, SFR Yugoslavia, now Serbia), known in the U.S. as Steve Žungul is a former Yugoslav football player.

The striker was part of the so-called " golden generation " ( kroat. zlatna Generacija ) of the club Hajduk Split. In the United States it was primarily through his successes in indoor soccer as " hall football God " (English Lord of All Indoors ) known.

Career

Yugoslavia

Žungul Kastel Luksic grew up near Split, where he played football on small football fields. His first football club was Jugovinil Gomilica from Kastel Gomilica, before he moved to Hajduk in youth.

In the season 1972/73 Žungul was used for the first time in the premier league of Yugoslavia. In the following years he won with Hajduk three times the Yugoslav championship and four times the Yugoslav Cup.

For the Yugoslav team Žungul played his first game on September 28, 1974, when he came on in Zagreb against Italy at halftime. In 1976 he took part in the final round of the European Championship in Yugoslavia, where it was used twice.

Overall, he played 14 times for Yugoslavia, where he remained without a goal.

USA

The end of 1978 Žungul received permission Hajduk to play for two months in the United States. When he refused to return to Hajduk, he has been banned by FIFA, because according to the rules of the Yugoslav Football Association, only those players were allowed to sign contracts with foreign clubs, who had reached the age of 28 and had a written agreement of the old clubs. He could, however, obtain approval for indoor soccer. It was not until 1983 he also played football outside the hall.

In the U.S. Žungul played from 1978 to 1982 at New York Arrows of Major Indoor Soccer League from 1983 to 1984 for the Golden Bay Earthquakes in both the hall and during the summer season in the North American Soccer League. After the dissolution of the North American Soccer League, he was in 1985 and again in 1986 working for the San Diego Sockers exclusively in the Major Indoor Soccer League before it from 1986 to 1988 to the Tacoma joined Stars and upon his return to San Diego his career in 1990 finally ended.

Overall Žungul played 423 times in the Major Indoor Soccer League, scoring 652 goals.

Achievements

• Football Yugoslav champion in 1974, 1975 and 1979 ( 1978/79 only active until the end of 1978 )
• Yugoslavian Cup Winner 1973, 1974, 1976 and 1977
• Most Valuable Player of the North American Soccer League in 1984
• Scorer in the North American Soccer League in 1984

• 7 x Champion ( 1979-1982, 1985, 1986, 1989)
• 6 x Valuable Player ( 1979-1982, 1985, 1986 )
• 6 x scorer ( 1980-1985 )
• 4 x Player of the Year ( 1980-1982, 1985)