Boško Ralić

Boško Ralić
Бошко Ралић

Personal information
Date of birth	November 25, 1904
Place of birth	Plaški, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	October 17, 1978 (aged 73)
Place of death	Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Playing position	Right half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1927–1937	HŠK Concordia
National team
1932–1933	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	6	(0)
Teams managed
1946–1947	Metalac Belgrade
1953–1954	Red Star Belgrade
1958–1960	FK Bor
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Boško "Tatek" Ralić (25 November 1904 – 17 October 1978) was a Serbian football player and coach. He was born in Plaški village near Karlovac, Austria-Hungary, and died in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia.

Playing career

Ralić has spent his entire playing career at the right half position. For a decade, from 1927 to 1937, he was a prominent player of Concordia Zagreb, one of the most popular football clubs in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Ralić has won two national championships with Concordia, in 1930 and 1932. He has played six games for the Yugoslavia national football team (1932–1933) and twelve games for the selection of the city of Zagreb (1930–1935).^[1] He made his national team debut against Spain, April 24, 1932, and the last game he played for the national team was a 5-0 loss against Romania, June 11, 1933. During the time he played for Yugoslavia, the national team has made two wins and four losses.

Coaching career

After the World War II, Ralić became the first head coach of FK Metalac, successor of the pre-war five time national champion BSK and predecessor of today's OFK Beograd. He was the head coach of Metalac in 1946 and 1947, when he left the club and moved to Stara Pazova. He got back to Belgrade in 1950, to coach the youth division of Red Star Belgrade. In 1953, he was appointed the new head coach of Red Star, replacing Ljubiša Broćić, but he remained on this position only until December 1954, when he was replaced by Milovan Ćirić. Later, Ralić was the head coach of FK Bor from 1958 to 1960.

References

1. "Reprezentativci Jugoslavije" (in Serbian). www.reprezentacija.rs. Retrieved 16 October 2010.