Josip Katalinski

Josip Katalinsk in 1974 in the game against Zaire

Josip "Škija" Katalinski (born May 2, 1948 in Sarajevo , Yugoslavia , † June 9, 2011 in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina ) was a Yugoslav football player .

Athletic career

Katalinski began playing football at FK Igman Ilidža , where he was discovered as a youth by those in charge of FK Željezničar Sarajevo . A year after his move, he made his debut in 1965 in the club's competitive team, for which the dangerous defender played for ten years. The greatest successes he achieved with the team under coach Milan Ribar at the beginning of the 1970s, when she 1971 runner-up behind Hajduk Split was the following year took the only Yugoslav league title in club history and also in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup 1971/72 until Penalty shoot-out at the Hungarian representative Ferencváros Budapest failed.

As a result, Katalinski became a national player. He made his debut for the Yugoslav national team in June 1972 as part of the Taça Independência , in the 10-0 win over Venezuela , the debutant scored a goal. Ultimately, he was third in the tournament with the national team, and in the final 4-2 victory over Argentina, he shone as a goalscorer. Two years later he was part of the squad for the 1974 World Cup . Under coach Miljan Miljanić , he completed all six tournament games of the selection from the Balkans, which, however, lost all three games in the second group stage. In the same year he was named Yugoslavia's Footballer of the Year .

After reaching the age limit for players from the Eastern Bloc, Katalinski was allowed to move to western countries in 1975 and joined the French club OGC Nice . At the same time he continued to be a national player, at the 1976 European Championship he played the two (lost) finals. In 1977 he resigned as a selection player after 41 international matches in which he had scored ten goals, and a year later he ended his professional career after three seasons in Division 1 due to injury .

Individual evidence

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