| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1939-03-07)7 March 1939 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Injoux-Génissiat,France | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 6 January 2025(2025-01-06) (aged 85) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1945–1955 | Radnički Bajmok | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1956–1958 | Spartak Subotica | 29 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 1958–1964 | Red Star Belgrade | 82 | (22) | ||||||||||||||
| 1964–1966 | Racing Paris | 43 | (20) | ||||||||||||||
| 1966–1968 | Entente BFN | 5 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 1967 | →Béziers (loan) | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 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: Душан Маравић; 7 March 1939 – 6 January 2025) was a Serbian footballer who played as amidfielder. He represented theSFR Yugoslavia national team internationally and was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the1960 Summer Olympics.[1]
Maravić was born in France, as his father was working inInjoux-Génissiat, a small village close to Swiss border. After theSecond World War his family moved back toYugoslavia, settling inBajmok, a village close toSubotica.
His first football steps were taken in local club Radnički Bajmok when Maravić was six years old. Ten years later he joined the more famousSpartak Subotica. In 1958, aged 19 he became a member ofYugoslavian giantsRed Star Belgrade. In six years with Red Star, Maravić appeared in 232 official matches, scoring 82 goals.
Maravić was also member ofSFR Yugoslavia national team playing in seven occasions, and scored three goals.[2] 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 ofRacing Paris aged 25. He played for "The Penguins" until 1969 when he shortly moved toOFK Beograd, and then proceeded toVenezuelanDeportivo Italia. He played with this italo-venezuelan team until 1974, winning the Venezuelan championship in 1972[3]
After retiring as a player, Maravić spent some time coaching and also working in national football union administration, which led him to become an employee ofUEFA andFIFA as an international instructor and delegate. He was nominated to run forFIFA president.[3]
Maravić was fluent inFrench,English,Spanish andItalian. Simultaneously with his sporting career, Maravić had pursued studies, finishingUniversity of Belgrade Faculty of Economics.[3] He had sons Antoni and Alfredo, the latter works as a sports agent.
Maravić died on 6 January 2025, at the age of 85.[4]
