miloš hrstić started his senior career in hnk rijeka, where he passed all the young selections and was a member of all yugoslavia youth team selections, from u15 to u21. first coach that put him in the team was dragutin spasojević, who was head of staff when rijeka won their two national cups in 1978 and 1979. from 1978 to 1984 rijeka was the best croatian club in the yugoslav first league. in 1979, he had the debut for yugoslavia, in friendly match against argentina (4-1 win).