Vladimir Beara

Vladimir Beara (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Беара; pronounced [ʋlǎdimiːr beâra]; 26 August 1928 – 11 August 2014) was a Yugoslav football player, as goalkeeper, and also football manager. Beara played for Hajduk Split (1946–55) Beara played 308 games, and helped his team to win the Yugoslav league title in 1950, 1952 and 1955.

Vladimir Beara

Beara in 1953
Personal information
Date of birth	(1928-08-26)26 August 1928
Place of birth	Zelovo Sutinsko, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Date of death	11 August 2014(2014-08-11) (aged 85)
Place of death	Split, Croatia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1947–1955	Hajduk Split	136	(0)
1955–1960	Red Star Belgrade	83	(0)
1960–1963	Alemannia Aachen	23	(0)
1963–1964	Viktoria Köln	23	(0)
Total		265	(0)
National team
1950–1959	Yugoslavia	59	(0)
Teams managed
1964–1966	Freiburger FC
1966–1967	Sittardia
1967–1968	Rijeka
1969–1970	SC Fortuna Köln
1970–1972	Hajduk Split (assistant coach)
	Osijek
	Troglav Livno
1973–1975	Cameroon
	Dinara Knin
	Bregalnica Štip
1979	First Vienna FC
1980–1981	RNK Split
1986–1987	BŠK Zmaj Blato
Honours Men's Football Representing Yugoslavia Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Beara died in Split, Croatia, aged 85.

Honours

Hajduk Split

• Yugoslav First League: 1950, 1952, 1954–55

Red Star Belgrade

• Yugoslav First League:1955–56, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1959–60
• Yugoslav Football Cup: 1957–58, 1958–59

Yugoslavia

• Olympic Games: Silver Medal 1952

Other websites

Media related to Vladimir Beara at Wikimedia Commons

• Vladimir Beara Profile at Reprezentacija.rs
• Profile at weltfussball.de