Tomislav Kaloperović

Tomislav Kaloperović (Serbian Cyrillic: Томислав Калоперовић; 31 January 1932 – 15 January 2002) was a Yugoslav and Serbian footballer and coach.

Tomislav Kaloperović

Personal information
Full name	Tomislav Kaloperović
Date of birth	31 January 1932
Place of birth	Obrenovac, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death	15 January 2002(2002-01-15) (aged 69)
Place of death	Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Position	Midfielder
Youth career
1947–1950	Jedinstvo Umka
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1951–1955	BSK Beograd	74	(11)
1955–1961	Partizan	109	(27)
1961–1962	Padova	19	(2)
1962–1963	Wiener SK	7	(3)
1964–1965	Union St-Gilloise	25	(4)
1965–1966	NAC	29	(12)
1966–1967	Olimpija Ljubljana	8	(1)
Total		301	(66)
International career
1957–1961	Yugoslavia	6	(1)
Managerial career
1967–1968	Olimpija Ljubljana
1968–1970	Galatasaray
1970–1972	Bursaspor
1973	Eskişehirspor
1974	Mersin İdmanyurdu
1974–1976	Partizan
1976–1978	Fenerbahçe
1978–1979	Radnički Pirot
1979–1980	Napredak Kruševac
1980–1982	Partizan
1983	Vojvodina
1985	Vojvodina
1986	Bursaspor
1988–1989	Apollon Smyrnis
1993–1995	AEL Limassol
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Club

Kaloperović wonn the 1953 Yugoslav Cup with BSK Beograd and the same cup in 1957 with Partizanas well as the Yugoslav First League as captain in his final season at the club.^[1] He then moved abroad to play in Italy, Austria and Belgium. He joined newly-relegated Dutch Eerste Divisie side NAC ahead of the 1965-66 season and clinched promotion back to the top tier with them in the final game of that season.^[2]

International

Kaloperović made his debut for Yugoslavia a November 1957 World Cup qualification match against Romania and earned a total of 6 caps (1 goal). His final international was a June 1961 World Cup qualification match against Poland.^[3]

List of international goals scored by Tomislav Kaloperović

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	4 June 1961	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	Poland	1–0	2–1	1962 FIFA World Cup qualification

Death

Kaloperović died in January 2002 while making a guest appearance on the Belgrade television station SOS.^[4]