Rudolf Belin

Rudolf Belin

Personal information
Date of birth	4 November 1942
Place of birth	Zagreb, Independent State of Croatia
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
	NK Jedinstvo Zagreb
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1959–1970	Dinamo Zagreb	191	(31)
1970–1972	Beerschot VAC	32	(1)
Total		223	(32)
National team
1963–1969	Yugoslavia	29	(6)
Teams managed
1977–1978	Dinamo Zagreb
1983	Dinamo Zagreb
1989	Dinamo Zagreb
1998	Toronto Croatia
2001	Iraq
Honours Representing Yugoslavia UEFA Euro 1968 Representing NK Dinamo Zagreb Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1966–67
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Rudolf Belin (born 4 November 1942 in Zagreb) is a former Croatian football player.

Belin started his career with NK Dinamo Zagreb in 1960, where he won the Yugoslav Cup (Toto Cup) 3 times and the UEFA Cup in 1967, beating English club Leeds United and went on to make 410 appearances for the great club until 1970, when he moved to Beerschot VAC in Belgium and he spent two years. He was voted Croatia’s 36th footballer of the century in 2000 chosen by Vecernji List. After retiring, he graduated from Physical Education School at the University of Zagreb and he became a coach, while he also spent a considerable time acting as Director of Dinamo's Youth Football School and also coached Toronto Croatia in Canada in 1998.

On the national level he played for Yugoslavia national team (29 matches/6 goals), and was a participant at Euro 1968.

Belin coached the Iraqi national football team in 2001.

References

• (Serbian) Serbian national football team website