Milutin Šoškić Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth and Family

He was born in Jablanica, a village near Peć from father Jeremija, a royal officer and mother Radunka, as the fourth child in the family. The ancestor of the Šoškić family is from Bratonožići, at the beginning of the 18th century he moved to Ulotina, and one branch of the family later went to live in Jablanica. He grew up in a patriarchal family. World War II he spent in exile in Serbian Patriarchate of Peć.

After Milutinović became the coach of United States national soccer team in 1993 Šoškić was appointed the goalkeeper’s coach. He remained even after Milutinović left in 1995, continuing to work with the team under head coaches Steve Sampson and later Bruce Arena. He left the team along with Arena after the 2006 FIFA World Cup. During that time, the Americans participated in four World cups and had several quality goalkeepers such as: Brad Friedel, Kasey Keller, and Tim Howard.

On 11 May 1966, European Cup Final was played at Heysel Stadium in Brussels in front of 55,000 spectators. Partizan faced Spanish champions Real Madrid and took the lead in the 55th minute with a goal by Velibor Vasović. However, with two goals first by Amancio and second by Fernando Serena, Real managed to defeat Partizan and win the European title.

By winning the Yugoslav championship in the 1964–65 season, Partizan acquired the right to play in the European Cup 1965–66. Partizan was led by coach Abdulah Gegić.

Šoškić experienced great recognition when he was invited to play in the 1963 England v Rest of the World football match at Wembley Stadium and secured his place among best football players of that time.

At the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile Yugoslavia won fourth place after being defeated by Czechoslovakia 3–1 in semi-finals and Chile 1–0 in a third place match.

First big competition that Šoškić played with the national team was 1960 European Nations’ Cup. Team won the silver medal after winning in semi-final match against competition host France with the result of 5–4 which is still a record to this day of most goals scored in a single match in UEFA European Championship. In the finals Yugoslavia was defeated by Soviet Union 2–1 after extra time.

That same year Šoškić won an Olympic gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy with the Yugoslavia national team. They topped their pool consisting of Bulgaria, United Arab Republic and Turkey before beating Italy in the semi-finals and crowning themselves champions after beating Denmark 3–1 in the final. At the tournament, Šoškić only conceded six goals.

In the sixties “Partizan’s babies” were dominant to that extent in Yugoslav First League so much that in five league seasons they lifted the trophy four times, of that three times in a row 1960–61, 1961–62 and 1962–63.

Milutin Šoškić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милутин Шошкић; 31 December 1937 – 27 August 2022) was a Serbian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is considered one of FK Partizan’s greatest players.