Željko Perušić

Željko Perušić ( born March 23, 1936 in Duga Resa ) is a former Yugoslav football player and coach of Croatian origin. He lives in St. Gallen.

Career

Yugoslavia until 1965

With 14 years Perušić has played for the junior Duga Resa of. Since the season 1956/57, he competed in the premier league with Dinamo Zagreb and has twice won the Yugoslav Cup. In the round in 1957/58 of the running strong and loyal defensive midfielder also won the league title with Dinamo. The runner reached Perusic with Dinamo in the years 1960 and 1963, where he also was able to win the trophy each. He took with Dinamo also in the competitions of the European Cup in part: 1958/59 at the Masters, 1960/61 and 1963/64, in the cup winners, several times even on the Fairs Cup.

In his 27 missions in the national team's European Championship in 1960 and the Olympic Games stand out in the same year. In the quarter- finals of the European Championship he was in the two games against Portugal in use. On 8 May 1960 he lost in Lisbon with the plavi against the motion of Germano stopper and playmaker Mário Coluna host with 1:2 goals, but won on May 22, the second leg in Belgrade superior to 5-1 ports. The semi-finals led Perušić and his team-mates on July 6, 1960 in Paris against the hosts France. The equipe tricolore had an injury without the outstanding Raymond Kopa compete at the Parc des Princes and lost the high-scoring encounter with 4:5 goals and plavi thus moved into the final of the European Championship. The final lost Perušić with Yugoslavia against the sbornaja the Soviet Union - with their outstanding players Lev Yashin, Igor Netto and Valentin Ivanov - on July 10 with 1:2 goals after extra time. The move against the victorious semi-final match, Branko Zebec and Milutin Šoškić were replaced by Blagoje Vidinić and Jovan Miladinović, did not pay off.

In August and September 1960, the football tournament was conducted at the Olympic Games in Rome. Perušić won with Yugoslavia in 1960, the Olympic tournament by a 3-1 on 10 September in Rome against Denmark. The Danes stood the attack talent of the future professionals at FC Bologna, Harald Nielsen, and into Rome stood beside Perusic, national team players Vidinic, Fahrudin Jusufi, Vladimir Ďurkovič and Milan Galic on.

Germany and Switzerland, 1965-1974

Perušić changed in 1965 TSV 1860 Munich, where he was in his first season German Champion with 34 missions under coach Max Merkel and on the side of Petar Radenković, Hans Küppers, Otto Luttrop, Alfred hot, Peter Grosser, Rudolf fountain Meier and Timo Konietzka. Perušić went in 1970 after a total of 138 league games (1 goal ) for the "Lions" to FC St. Gallen in Switzerland, where he was a player and coach at the same time ( 1971-1974 ). In 1971, he led St. Gallen back in the National League A. He has completed 38 years of his playing career. In association Perušić later worked with juniors.