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.LZMK
Club career He scored 31 goals in 430 appearances for hometown club Rijeka and also played in Belgium.Preminuo Milan Ružić, bivši legendarni veznjak Rijeke - Sportnet
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.PREMINUO MILAN MINTA RUŽIĆ - Croatian Football Federation
NK Kraljevica changed the name of their stadium Oštro to Stadium Milan Ružić - Minta in his honour in August 2015.SportCom.hr Stjepan Lončarić: NK Kraljevica u kolovozu organizira turnir u spomen na Milana Mintu Ružića, 15. srpnja 2015. (pristupljeno 1. svibnja 2016.)
Career statistics
Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsYugoslaviaLeagueYugoslav CupOtherEuropeTotalNK Rijeka1976-77Yugoslav First League29220––––3121977-7829041––––3311978-7932351––404141979-8026500––603251980-8124400––--2841981-8216020––--1801982-8318420––--2041983-8410--––--10BelgiumLeagueBelgian CupOtherEuropeTotalK. Beringen1983-84First Division22220––––242K.A.A. Gent1984-8528531––103261985-8632541––––3661986-8724100––502911987-8830210––––312K.R.C. Harelbeke1988-89Second Division22320––––243Netherlands LeagueKNVB CupOtherEuropeTotalHSV Hoek1989-90Hoofdklasse----––––00Career total333362740016037640
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 LeagueNovi list Orlando Rivetti: In memoriam. Minta, otrgnuti cvijet dobrote, 26. siječnja 2014. (pristupljeno 1. svibnja 2016.) HNK Rijeka all time XI by Novi list
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