Vasilije Šijaković

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Vasilije Šijaković
Personal information
Full name	Vasilije Šijaković
Date of birth	31 July 1929
Place of birth	Nikšić, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death	10 November 2003(2003-11-10) (aged 74)
Place of death	Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1946–1950	Partizan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1950–1952	Partizan	10	(5)
1952–1954	Red Star Belgrade	16	(2)
1954–1962	OFK Belgrade	142	(22)
1962–1963	FC Grenoble	9	(3)
Total		187	(34)
International career
1957–1962	Yugoslavia	11	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vasilije Šijaković (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Василије Шијаковић; 31 July 1929 – 10 November 2003) was a Montenegrin footballer who played as a defender. He played at two World Cup Finals tournaments for Yugoslavia.

Club career

At club level, he played for the major domestic clubs, FK Partizan, Red Star Belgrade, OFK Belgrade and French Grenoble Foot 38.

Šijaković made his debut for Yugoslavia in a November 1957 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Romania and has earned a total of 11 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a June 1962 FIFA World Cup Finals match against Czechoslovakia.^[1]

Media's team

Goalkeeper	Harry Gregg Lev Yashin
Defenders	Orvar Bergmark Djalma Santos Hilderaldo Bellini Nílton Santos Vasilije Šijaković Bobby Evans Bengt Gustavsson
Midfielders	Yuriy Voynov Horst Szymaniak Danny Blanchflower
Forwards	Garrincha Didi Pelé Raymond Kopa Lennart Skoglund Eddie Turnbull Helmut Rahn Just Fontaine Jean Vincent Kurt Hamrin

v t e Yugoslavia squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup
1 Beara 2 Šekularac 3 Šijaković 4 Crnković 5 Tomić 6 Zebec (c) 7 Mš. Milutinović 8 Krstić 9 Boškov 10 Šantek 11 Popović 12 Petaković 13 Veselinović 14 Md. Milutinović 15 Krivokuća 16 Pašić 17 Rajkov 18 Lipošinović 19 Ognjanović 20 Radović 21 Irović 22 Jerković Coach: Tirnanić

v t e Yugoslavia squad – 1962 FIFA World Cup fourth place
1 Šoškić 2 Durković 3 Jusufi 4 Radaković 5 Marković 6 Popović 7 Anković 8 Šekularac 9 Jerković 10 Galić (c) 11 Skoblar 12 Krivokuća 13 Svinjarević 14 Šijaković 15 Matuš 16 Mujić 17 Melić 18 Kovačević 19 Stojanović 20 Nikolić 21 Stipić 22 Ivoš Coach: Lovrić & Mihajlović

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