Spasoje Samardžić

{{short description|Serbian retired soccer player and manager (born 1942)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Spasoje Samardžić

| image = Spasoje Samardžić (1967).jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Samardžić with Feyenoord in August 1967

| fullname = Spasoje Samardžić

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|5|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Kraljica, Yugoslavia

| height = {{convert|1.72|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{worldfootball.net|spasoje-samardzic}}

| death_date =

| death_place =

| position = Winger

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1957–1958

| youthclubs1 = Novi Beograd

| youthyears2 = 1958–1960

| youthclubs2 = OFK Beograd

| years1 = 1960–1966 | years2 = 1966–1967 | years3 = 1967–1969 | years4 = 1969–1971

| clubs1 = OFK Beograd | clubs2 = Twente | clubs3 = Feijenoord | clubs4 = Saint-Étienne

| totalcaps = 232

| totalgoals = 76

| nationalyears1 = 1959

| nationalteam1 = Yugoslavia U20

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1963

| nationalteam2 = Yugoslavia U21

| nationalcaps2 = 1

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 1962–1966

| nationalteam3 = Yugoslavia

| nationalcaps3 = 26

| nationalgoals3 = 3

| manageryears1 =

| managerclubs1 = Srem Jakovo

| manageryears2 =

| managerclubs2 = Beograd

}}

Spasoje "Paja" Samardžić (Serbian Cyrillic: Спасоје Паја Самарџић; born 20 May 1942) is a Serbian retired football winger and manager.

Playing career

=Club=

Paja Samardžić joined Dutch club Twente{{cite web|url=https://www.fctwentestatistieken.nl/spelers/spelerdetail.php?id=158|title=Paja Samardzic|access-date=31 May 2025|website=FC Twente Satistieken|language=nl}} from OFK Beograd in 1966 and later controversially moved to fellow Eredivisie side Feijenoord.{{cite web|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/1967/06/30/kort-geding-om-voetbalster-samardzic-feyenoord-en-twente-eisen-beide-dwangsom-van-f-500000-kb_000033993-a2770459|title=Kort geding om voetbalster Samardzic Feyenoord en Twente eisen beide dwangsom van f 500.000|date=30 June 1967|access-date=31 May 2025|newspaper=NRC|language=nl}} He finished his career at French top-tier outfit Saint-Étienne.{{cite web|url=https://www.anciensverts.com/joueur.php?numero=340|title=Spasoje Samardžić|access-date=31 May 2025|website=Ancien verts|language=fr}}

=International=

With two games for the young team (1959) and one for the Under-21 team (1963), he capped 26 games for the best selection of Yugoslavia, scoring three goals.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/joeg-recintlp.html|title=Yugoslavia (Serbia (and Montenegro)) - Record International Players|access-date=31 May 2025|website=RSSSF}} He debuted against East Germany (1–2) in Leipzig on 16 September 1962, then he played in the Olympic tournament in Japan. He played his last national team game on 19 October 1966 against Czechoslovakia (0–3) in Belgrade.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=18376|title=Spasoje Samardžić, international football player|access-date=31 May 2025|website=EU-football.info}}