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Macedonian football great Blagoja Vidinić passed away on 29 December 2006. A goalkeeper with the Yugoslav football team, he played at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics, reaching the final on both occasions. In Melbourne, Yugoslavia lost to the Yashin-lead USSR, already having lost the Olympic finals of 1948 and 1952. In Rome, they finally won their gold medal, beating Denmark 3-1. In the  same year, Vidinić and Yugoslavia also played the final of the inaugural European Championships, again losing to the USSR.

After his active career, Vidinić became a coach and lead two African teams at the World Cup, Morocco (1970) and Zaire (1974).

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