Milan Ružić

Milan Ružić (25 July 1955 in Rijeka, Yugoslavia – 25 January 2014 in Rijeka, Croatia) was a Croatian football player. He was capped twice for Yugoslavia.

Club career He scored 31 goals in 430 appearances for hometown club Rijeka and also played in Belgium.

International career Ružić made his debut for Yugoslavia in a March 1983 friendly match away against Romania and earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. His second and final international was a June 1983 friendly against West Germany.

Death and legacy He died in January 2014 after a long and serious illness.

NK Kraljevica changed the name of their stadium Oštro to Stadium Milan Ružić - Minta in his honour in August 2015.

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Honours NK Rijeka Yugoslav Cup: 1978, 1979 Balkans Cup: 1978

Individual Best NK Rijeka player 1978-79, 1980-81, 1982-83 NK Rijeka best left midfielder of all time Scorer of the 2500 goal of the Yugoslav First League HNK Rijeka all time XI by Novi list