Franjo Vladić Explained

Franjo Vladić
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Birth Date:19 October 1950
Birth Place:Mostar, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Death Place:Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Position:Midfielder
Youthclubs1:Velež Mostar
Years1:1968–1979
Clubs1:Velež Mostar
Caps1:280
Goals1:70
Years2:1979–1981
Clubs2:AEK Athens
Caps2:21
Goals2:2
Years3:1980
Clubs3:Panachaiki (loan)
Caps3:8
Goals3:0
Years4:1981–1985
Clubs4:Velež Mostar
Caps4:81
Goals4:11
Totalcaps:390
Totalgoals:83
Nationalyears1:1972–1977
Nationalteam1:Yugoslavia
Nationalcaps1:26
Nationalgoals1:3
Manageryears1:1995–1996
Managerclubs1:Zrinjski Mostar

Franjo Vladić (19 October 1950 – 18 June 2024) was a Bosnian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He also briefly worked as a football manager.

Club career

Vladić began his club career with the then-largest regional side in Herzegovina, Velež Mostar, where he played for a decade and excelled in midfield. Vladić played in over 300 league games for Velež and scored over 70 goals and is remembered for being the part of the Velež three known as the "Mostar BMV" (Bajević, Marić and Vladić) during the 1960s, 70s and 80s. In the summer of 1979 he was proposed by the then player of AEK Athens Bajević to the people of club and they proceeded to acquire him. With AEK, he played only 21 times without being able to convince with his performance.[1] In the summer of 1981, he returned to Velež, where he ended his football career after four years.[2]

International career

Vladić made his debut for Yugoslavia in an October 1972 friendly match away against England and made 26 appearances and scored 3 goals at the international level,[3] competing in the 1974 FIFA World Cup and the UEFA Euro 1976. His final international was a February 1977 friendly match against Mexico.[4]

Managerial career

In the summer of 1995, Vladić became the new manager of Velež's fierce city rivals Zrinjski Mostar, who he led for one season until leaving the club in the summer of 1996.

Death

Vladić died in his hometown of Mostar on 18 June 2024, at the age of 73.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander. Greece 1979/80. RSSSF. 24 April 2003.
  2. Web site: Φράνιο Βλάντιτς. kitrinomavro.gr.
  3. Web site: Passo Alpuin, Luis Fernando . Mamrud, Roberto . Miladinovich, Misha . Yugoslavia (Serbia (and Montenegro)) – Record International Players . 6 April 2011 . live . . https://web.archive.org/web/20081227094724/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/joeg-recintlp.html . 27 December 2008.
  4. Web site: Player Database. eu-football.info. 2021-06-04.
  5. Web site: Umro Franjo Vladić, jedan od najvećih igrača Veleža i član čuvenog BMV-a. 18 June 2024. 18 June 2024. bs. N.K.. Klix.ba.