Milutin Šoškić

Šoškić started training football when he was 11 in Red Star, for which he played six months, but because of a small misunderstanding with the host of the stadium, he decided to continue his career at Partizan where he spent most of his career.

European Cup final with Partizan

In the sixties, Šoškić and others became known as the "Partizan babies", a group of youngsters who turned Partizan into one of the better teams in Europe with four national championships. Of the four trophies they won in the Yugoslav First League in five seasons, three of them were won in a row; 1960–61, 1961–62 and 1962–63. Šoškić experienced great recognition when he was invited to play in the 1963 England v Rest of the World football match at Wembley Stadium and secured his place among best football players of that time. By winning the Yugoslav championship in the 1964–65 season, Partizan acquired the right to play in the European Cup 1965–66. Partizan was led by coach Abdulah Gegić. In the preliminary round Partizan played against French champions FC Nantes. With a 2:0 win in Belgrade at JNA Stadium and a draw 2:2 in a return match at Stade Marcel-Saupin, first obstacle was skipped with a total score of 4:2. The next opponent was the champion of West Germany, SV Werder Bremen. Werder was eliminated with a total score of 3:1, in Belgrade it was 3:0 and on Weser-Stadion in Bremen 0:1. In the quarter-finals Partizan had to face champions of Czechoslovakia, AC Sparta Prague. First game at…

After performing well at Partizan he was invited to play for the Yugoslavia national team. Šoškić inherited the position of Vladimir Beara as a new goalkeeper. For Yugoslavia he played 50 games. The first major competition that Šoškić played in with the national team was the 1960 European Nations' Cup. The team won the silver medal after winning the semi-final match against competition host France with the result of 5–4 which is still a record to this day of most goals scored in a single match in UEFA European Championship. In the finals, Yugoslavia was defeated by Soviet Union 2–1 after extra time. That same year Šoškić won an Olympic gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy with the Yugoslavia national team. They topped their pool consisting of Bulgaria, United Arab Republic and Turkey before beating Italy in the semi-finals and crowning themselves champions after beating Denmark 3–1 in the final. At the tournament, Šoškić only conceded six goals. At the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile Yugoslavia won fourth place after being defeated by Czechoslovakia 3–1 in semi-finals and Chile 1–0 in a third place match.

After finishing his playing career, he finished high school coaching. He then became a coach at OFK Beograd which he remained for 3 years. Then he took over OFK Kikinda which he led in Yugoslav Second League. Then he returned to Partizan to be one of the assistant coaches. He worked together with Bora Milutinović and Nenad Bjeković. After Milutinović became the coach of the United States national soccer team in 1993 Šoškić was appointed the goalkeeper's coach. He remained even after Milutinović left in 1995, continuing to work with the team under head coaches Steve Sampson and later Bruce Arena. He left the team along with Arena after the 2006 FIFA World Cup. During that time, the Americans participated in four World cups and had several quality goalkeepers such as: Brad Friedel, Kasey Keller, and Tim Howard.