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Serbian retired soccer player and manager (born 1942) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Spasoje "Paja" Samardžić (Serbian Cyrillic: Спасоје Паја Самарџић; born 20 May 1942) is a Serbian retired football winger and manager.
.jpg) Samardžić with Feyenoord in August 1967 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Spasoje Samardžić | ||
| Date of birth | 20 May 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Kraljica, Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1957–1958 | Novi Beograd | ||
| 1958–1960 | OFK Beograd | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1960–1966 | OFK Beograd | 143 | (51) |
| 1966–1967 | Twente | 17 | (7) |
| 1967–1969 | Feyenoord | 39 | (12) |
| 1969–1971 | Saint-Étienne | 31 | (6) |
| Total | 230 | (76) | |
| International career | |||
| 1959 | Yugoslavia U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 1963 | Yugoslavia U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 1962–1966 | Yugoslavia | 26 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| Srem Jakovo | |||
| Beograd | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
With two games for the young team (1959) and one for the Under-21 team (1963), he capped 26 games for the best selection of Yugoslavia, scoring three goals. He debuted against East Germany (1–2) in Leipzig on 16 September 1962, then he played in the Olympic tournament in Japan. He played his last national team game on 19 October 1966 against Czechoslovakia (0–3) in Belgrade.
Following his playing career, Samardžić worked as a coach for Srem Jakovo and FK Beograd. He also served as director of OFK Beograd.
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