Sava Antić (

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: Сава Антић; 1 March 1930 – 26 July 1998) was a

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player and manager.

Club career

He won the

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3 times, in 1953, 1955, and 1962, being the scorer in all the 3 cup finals. He started his career as a football player in FK Brodarac. In 1948 he moved to

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where he played 36 games and scored 22 goals. The highlight of his playing career started in 1950, when he decided to wear the Blue-White jersey of

OFK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English language, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club''), also known in English as OFK Belgrade and currently referred to as OFK ...

where he played until 1963. During that period, he played 520 games and scored 184 goals in official matches. In his entire career he has never been sent off.

International career

Antić played for the youth national team from 1953 to 1956, scoring 7 times in 9 matches. He was later a member of the B national team for which he scored 6 goals in 10 games. He made his senior debut for

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in an April 1956

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against

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, coming on as a 30th-minute substitute for

Stjepan Bobek Stjepan Bobek (; 3 December 1923 – 22 August 2010) was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional football striker and later football manager. Usually a forward or attacking midfielder, Bobek was renowned for his technique, vision and goalscoring ...

, and earned a total of 5 caps, scoring 2 goals. His final international was in December the same year against

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. He was also a member of the Olympic national team, during the Olympic Games in Melbourne, where Yugoslavia won the silver medal. He was one of the best forwards at that period, but was unfortunate to play in the glory days of

Rajko Mitić Rajko Mitić ( sr-Cyrl, Рајко Митић, ; 19 November 1922 – 29 March 2008) was a Serbian footballer, coach, executive and journalist. A former forward, Mitić is considered one of the most important players in the history of Red Star ...

, the legend of Red Star and Yugoslav football. For this reason, he was not given a real chance in the national team. After his career as a player, he became a coach in OFK Belgrade.

Death

Sava died in 1998.OFK Beograd official website
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* * 1930 births 1998 deaths Footballers from Belgrade Men's association football forwards Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Yugoslavia Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia Footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Red Star Belgrade footballers OFK Beograd players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav football managers OFK Beograd managers {{Yugoslavia-Olympic-medalist-stub