Bruno Belin

Bruno Belin (16 January 1929 – 20 October 1962) was a Croatian and Yugoslav footballer. He played as a defender for Partizan during the 1950s and the early 1960s, and was known as one of the best Yugoslav defenders of that period. With Partizan, he played a total of 463 games, and scored 41 goals, winning one Yugoslav First League and three Yugoslav Cups.Bruno Belin at Reprezentacija.rs  

He was capped 25 times for Yugoslavia, and played for them at the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He made his debut for Yugoslavia against in December 1952 against West Germany. His last match for Yugoslavia was a 1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying match against Bulgaria in May 1959.

Belin died in a car crash in October 1962 on the Belgrade-Zagreb highway, along with Partizan defender Čedomir Lazarević, water polo player Boris Škanata, and Radnički Beograd player Vladimir Josipović. The FK Partizan Academy, commonly known as "Belin–Lazarević–Nadoveza youth school" is named in his honour.

Belin's younger brother Rudolf (1942–2025) was also a footballer, who finished runner-up at the 1968 UEFA European Championship with Yugoslavia.

Honours
Partizan
Yugoslav First League: 1960–61Bruno Belin at Reprezentacija.rs 
Yugoslav Cup: 1952, 1954, 1957

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Category:1929 births
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Category:Sportspeople from Zagreb
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Category:Yugoslavian footballers
Category:1954 FIFA World Cup players
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