 Beara in 1953 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 26 August 1928 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Zelovo Sutinsko, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 11 August 2014 (aged 85) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Split, Croatia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1947–1955 | Hajduk Split | 136 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1955–1960 | Red Star Belgrade | 83 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1960–1963 | Alemannia Aachen | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1963–1964 | Viktoria Köln | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 265 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1950–1959 | Yugoslavia | 59 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1964–1966 | Freiburger FC | ||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1967 | Sittardia | ||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1968 | Rijeka | ||||||||||||||||
| 1969–1970 | SC Fortuna Köln | ||||||||||||||||
| 1970–1972 | Hajduk Split (assistant coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| Osijek | |||||||||||||||||
| Troglav Livno | |||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1975 | Cameroon | ||||||||||||||||
| Dinara Knin | |||||||||||||||||
| Bregalnica Štip | |||||||||||||||||
| 1979 | First Vienna FC | ||||||||||||||||
| 1980–1981 | RNK Split | ||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | BŠK Zmaj Blato | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Vladimir Beara (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Беара; pronounced [ʋlǎdimiːr beâra]; 26 August 1928 – 11 August 2014) was a Yugoslav football goalkeeper and manager. He played the vast majority of his professional club career for Hajduk Split and Red Star Belgrade in the Yugoslav Federal League and for the Yugoslavia national football team. He is considered to have been one of the best goalkeepers of his era.[1][2]
- ^ Jonathan Wilson (5 May 2008). "Meet Yugoslavia's ballerina Beara, once the best keeper in the world". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ^ "Vladimir Beara: One of the world's finest goalkeepers, who played in the Busby Babes' last game before the Munich disaster". The Independent. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2016.