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{{short description|Croatian footballer and manager}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Rudolf Belin
| image          =
| caption        =
| fullname       = <!-- if different -->
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1942|11|4}}
| birth_place    = [[Zagreb]], [[Independent State of Croatia]]
| death_date     =
| death_place    = 
| height         =
| position       = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| youthyears1    =
| youthclubs1    = NK Jedinstvo Zagreb
| years1         = 1959–1970
| clubs1         = [[GNK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]]
| years2         = 1970–1972
| clubs2         = [[K. Beerschot V.A.C.|Beerschot VAC]]
| caps1          = 191
| goals1         = 31
| caps2          = 32
| goals2         = 1
| totalcaps      = 223
| totalgoals     = 32
| nationalyears1 = 1963–1969
| nationalteam1  = [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]]
| nationalcaps1  = 29
| nationalgoals1 = 6
| medaltemplates      = 
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
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{{MedalSilver|[[UEFA European Championship|UEFA Euro]]|[[UEFA Euro 1968|1968]]}}
| manageryears1       = 1977–1978
| managerclubs1       = [[GNK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]]
| manageryears2       = 1983
| managerclubs2       = [[GNK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]]
| manageryears3       = 1989
| managerclubs3       = [[GNK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]]
| manageryears4       = 1998
| managerclubs4       = [[Toronto Croatia]]
| manageryears5       = 2001
| managerclubs5       = [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]]
}}
'''Rudolf "Rudi" Belin''' (born 4 November 1942) is a Croatian retired [[Association football|football]] [[Manager (association football)|manager]] and [[Association footballer|player]].

==Club career==
Belin started his career with [[GNK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]] in 1960, where he won the [[Yugoslav Cup]] three times and the [[1967 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final|1967 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]], beating the English side [[Leeds United]] and went on to make 410 appearances for the club until 1970, when he moved to [[K. Beerschot V.A.C.|Beerschot VAC]] in Belgium and he spent two years. He was voted Croatia's 36th footballer of the century in 2000 chosen by ''[[Večernji List]]''.

==International career==
He made his debut for [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] in an October 1963 [[friendly match]] away against [[Romania national football team|Romania]] and earned a total of 29 caps scoring 6 goals. His final international was an October 1969 [[1970 FIFA World Cup qualification|World Cup qualification]] match against [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=1554|title=Player Database|accessdate=6 June 2022|website=EU-football}}</ref> He also was a participant at the [[UEFA Euro 1968|1968 European Championship]].

==Managerial career==
After retiring, he graduated from the Physical Education School at the [[University of Zagreb]], becoming a coach, while he also spent a considerable time acting as Director of Dinamo's Youth Football Academy and also coached [[Toronto Croatia]] in Canada, during 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-20|title=(VIDEO) LEGENDA NAD LEGENDAMA Rudi Belin, igrač i trener Dinama bio je obožavan|url=https://sportska.revija.hr/povijest/video-legenda-nad-legendama-rudi-belin-igrac-i-trener-dinama-bio-je-obozavan/|access-date=2021-08-27|website=Sportska revija|language=hr}}</ref>

Belin coached the [[Iraq national football team|Iraq national team]] in 2001.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Olympics.com profile}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{NFT}}
* {{Reprezentacija}}

{{Yugoslavia Squad 1964 Summer Olympics}}
{{Yugoslavia Squad 1968 UEFA Euro}}
{{Dinamo Zagreb managers}}
{{Iraq national football team managers}}

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[[Category:1942 births]]
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[[Category:Footballers from Zagreb]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Yugoslav men's footballers]]
[[Category:Yugoslavia men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Olympic footballers for Yugoslavia]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:UEFA Euro 1968 players]]
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[[Category:Yugoslav First League players]]
[[Category:Belgian Pro League players]]
[[Category:Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium]]
[[Category:Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Belgium]]
[[Category:Yugoslav football managers]]
[[Category:Croatian football managers]]
[[Category:GNK Dinamo Zagreb managers]]
[[Category:Toronto Croatia coaches]]
[[Category:Yugoslav First League managers]]
[[Category:Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) coaches]]
[[Category:Iraq national football team managers]]
[[Category:Croatian expatriate football managers]]
[[Category:Expatriate soccer coaches in Canada]]
[[Category:Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Canada]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Iraq]]
[[Category:Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Iraq]]


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