Blagoje Vidinić, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Blagoje Vidinić

Macedonian footballer

Date of Birth: 11-Jun-1934

Place of Birth: Skopje, Skopje Statistical Region, North Macedonia

Date of Death: 29-Dec-2006

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: North Macedonia

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Blagoje Vidinic (Macedonian: ??????? ???????; 11 June 1934 – 29 December 2006) was a Macedonian football coach, player, and Olympic participant of Serbian origin. Born in Skopje, he played his club football for FK Vardar, Radnicki Beograd and OFK Beograd in Yugoslavia, and then with FC Sion of Switzerland.
In 1967, he moved to the USA to join the Los Angeles Toros of the National Professional Soccer League, making 20 appearances that season.
He started the 1968 season with the relocated successor team San Diego Toros in the newly formed NASL, before moving to St.
Louis Stars.He played for Yugoslavia as a goalkeeper in the 1956 and 1960 Olympics, winning silver in the former and gold in the latter.
He also played in the 1960 UEFA European Football Championship when Yugoslavia finished second. After retiring from playing, he became a coach, and managed two African teams in the FIFA World Cup: Morocco in 1970 and Zaire in 1974.