| Milan Ružić | |
| Birth Date: | 25 July 1955 |
| Birth Place: | Rijeka, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Death Place: | Rijeka, Croatia |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthclubs1: | NK Kraljevica |
| Youthclubs2: | Crikvenica |
| Youthclubs3: | Rijeka |
| Years1: | 1976–1983 |
| Years2: | 1983–1984 |
| Years3: | 1984–1988 |
| Years4: | 1988–1989 |
| Years5: | 1989–1990 |
| Clubs5: | Hoek |
| Caps1: | 176 |
| Caps2: | 22 |
| Caps3: | 114 |
| Caps4: | 22 |
| Totalcaps: | 374 |
| Goals1: | 18 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Goals3: | 14 |
| Goals4: | 3 |
| Totalgoals: | 115 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1983 |
| Nationalteam1: | Yugoslavia |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 28 May 2010 |
| Ntupdate: | 28 May 2010 |
Milan Ružić (25 July 1955 in Rijeka, Yugoslavia – 25 January 2014 in Rijeka, Croatia) was a Croatian football player. He was capped twice for Yugoslavia.[1]
He scored 31 goals in 430 appearances for hometown club Rijeka and also played in Belgium.[2]
Ružić made his debut for Yugoslavia in a March 1983 friendly match away against Romania and earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. His second and final international was a June 1983 friendly against West Germany.[3]
He died in January 2014 after a long and serious illness.[4]
NK Kraljevica changed the name of their stadium Oštro to Stadium Milan Ružić - Minta in his honour in August 2015.[5]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Yugoslavia | League | Yugoslav Cup | Other | Europe | Total | ||||||||
| NK Rijeka | 1976-77 | Yugoslav First League | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 31 | 2 | |
| 1977-78 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 33 | 1 | |||
| 1978-79 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 4 | 0 | 41 | 4 | |||
| 1979-80 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | 32 | 5 | |||
| 1980-81 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | - | - | 28 | 4 | |||
| 1981-82 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | - | - | 18 | 0 | |||
| 1982-83 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | – | - | - | 20 | 4 | |||
| 1983-84 | 1 | 0 | - | - | – | – | - | - | 1 | 0 | |||
| Belgium | League | Belgian Cup | Other | Europe | Total | ||||||||
| K. Beringen | 1983-84 | First Division | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 24 | 2 | |
| K.A.A. Gent | 1984-85 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 32 | 6 | ||
| 1985-86 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 36 | 6 | |||
| 1986-87 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | 29 | 1 | |||
| 1987-88 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 31 | 2 | |||
| K.R.C. Harelbeke | 1988-89 | Second Division | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 24 | 3 | |
| Netherlands | League | KNVB Cup | Other | Europe | Total | ||||||||
| HSV Hoek | 1989-90 | Hoofdklasse | - | - | - | - | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 333 | 36 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 376 | 40 | |||
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