Franjo Vladić

Franjo Vladić
Vladić with Velež Mostar in 1971
Personal information
Date of birth (1950-10-19)19 October 1950
Place of birth Mostar, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Date of death 18 June 2024(2024-06-18) (aged 73)
Place of death Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Velež Mostar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1979 Velež Mostar 280 (70)
1979–1981 AEK Athens 21 (2)
1980 → Panachaiki (loan) 8 (0)
1981–1985 Velež Mostar 81 (11)
Total 390 (83)
International career
1972–1977 Yugoslavia 26 (3)
Managerial career
1995–1996 Zrinjski Mostar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

References

  1. ^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (24 April 2003). "Greece 1979/80". RSSSF.
  2. ^ "Φράνιο Βλάντιτς". kitrinomavro.gr.
  3. ^ Passo Alpuin, Luis Fernando; Mamrud, Roberto; Miladinovich, Misha (6 April 2011). "Yugoslavia (Serbia (and Montenegro)) – Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 27 December 2008.
  4. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  5. ^ N.K. (18 June 2024). "Umro Franjo Vladić, jedan od najvećih igrača Veleža i član čuvenog BMV-a" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 18 June 2024.