Sava Antić (Serbian Cyrillic: Сава Антић; 1 March 1930 – 26 July 1998) was a Serbian football player and manager.

Sava Antić
Personal information
Date of birth 1 March 1930
Place of birth Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death July 26, 1998(1998-07-26) (aged 68)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1948 Brodarac
1948–1950 Red Star Belgrade 10 (4)
1951–1963 OFK Beograd 204 (60)
International career
1956 Yugoslavia 5 (2)
Managerial career
1963–1964 OFK Beograd
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1956 Melbourne Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career edit

He won the Yugoslav Cup 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 Red Star 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 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.[citation needed]

International career edit

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 Yugoslavia in an April 1956 friendly match against Romania, coming on as a 30th-minute substitute for Stjepan Bobek, and earned a total of 5 caps, scoring 2 goals. His final international was in December the same year against Indonesia.[1]

He was also a member of the Olympic national team, during the Olympic Games in Melbourne, where Yugoslavia won the silver medal.[2] He was one of the best forwards at that period, but was unfortunate to play in the glory days of Rajko Mitić, 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.

Personal life edit

Death edit

Sava died in 1998.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Sava Antić, international football player". EU-football.info. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Sava Antić". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  3. ^ OFK Beograd official website

External links edit