Boško Simonović

Boško Simonović

Personal information
Date of birth	(1898-02-12)12 February 1898
Place of birth	Šid,Austria-Hungary
Date of death	5 August 1965(1965-08-05)(aged 67)
Place of death	Belgrade,SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	SK Srpski mač
	BSK Beograd
Managerial career
1929	Vojvodina
1930–1932	Kingdom of Yugoslavia
1933–1934	Kingdom of Yugoslavia
1935	Kingdom of Yugoslavia
1939	Kingdom of Yugoslavia
1939–1940	Kingdom of Yugoslavia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Boško Simonović(Serbian Cyrillic:Бoшкo Cимoнoвић; 12 February 1898 – 5 August 1965) was afootballcoach, player, referee, and administrator. His most notable feat was coaching theKingdom of Yugoslavianational teamat the first World Cup in1930inUruguay.

Though an architect byvocation,Simonović never worked in the profession he was trained for, instead devoting his whole life to sports – particularly football.

He played football as agoalkeeperin SK Srpski mač and later inBSK.Following a playing career he became a football referee and was the first Serb to referee an international match, in 1923 in Bucharest. He retired from refereeing following a broken leg in a sledding accident.