Radoslav Bečejac

Radoslav Bečejac (Serbian Cyrillic: Радослав Бечејац; born 21 December 1941) is a Yugoslav former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Radoslav Bečejac

Bečejac lining up for Partizan ahead of the 1966 European Cup final
Personal information
Full name	Radoslav Bečejac
Date of birth	(1941-12-21) 21 December 1941 (age 83)
Place of birth	Žitište, German-occupied Serbia
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1959–1963	Proleter Zrenjanin	78	(24)
1963–1967	Partizan	88	(17)
1967–1972	Olimpija Ljubljana	109	(16)
1973	Independiente Santa Fe	6	(1)
Total		281	(58)
International career
1965–1970	Yugoslavia	12	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

After starting out at Proleter Zrenjanin, Bečejac was transferred to Yugoslav First League club Partizan in 1963. He played four seasons with the Crno-beli and won the league title in 1964–65. In total, Bečejac amassed 88 appearances and scored 17 goals in the top flight.^[1] He was also a regular member of the team that reached the 1966 European Cup final, narrowly losing to Real Madrid.^[2]

In the summer of 1967, Bečejac was signed by Olimpija Ljubljana in a then Yugoslav record transfer of 65 million dinars.^[3] He spent five-and-a-half years with the Zmaji, making 109 league appearances and scoring 16 goals. In 1973, Bečejac moved abroad to Colombia and briefly played for Independiente Santa Fe before retiring.

International career

At international level, Bečejac was capped 12 times for Yugoslavia, making his debut in a 1–1 home friendly draw with England in May 1965. His final cap came in April 1970, a 1–1 home friendly draw with Austria.^[4]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League
		Division	Apps	Goals
Proleter Zrenjanin	1958–59[5]	Yugoslav Second League	7	1
	1959–60	Yugoslav Second League	22	2
	1960–61	Vojvodina League
	1961–62[6]	Yugoslav Second League	22	16
	1962–63[7]	Yugoslav Second League	27	5
	Total		78	24
Partizan	1963–64	Yugoslav First League	14	2
	1964–65	Yugoslav First League	20	2
	1965–66	Yugoslav First League	27	6
	1966–67	Yugoslav First League	27	7
	Total		88	17
Olimpija Ljubljana	1967–68	Yugoslav First League	19	3
	1968–69	Yugoslav First League	0	0
	1969–70	Yugoslav First League	24	8
	1970–71	Yugoslav First League	27	0
	1971–72	Yugoslav First League	27	2
	1972–73	Yugoslav First League	12	3
	Total		109	16
Independiente Santa Fe	1973	Campeonato Profesional	6	1
Career total			281	58

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[8]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Yugoslavia	1965	3	0
	1966	4	0
	1967	4	0
	1968	0	0
	1969	0	0
	1970	1	0
Total		12	0

Honours

Partizan

• Yugoslav First League: 1964–65