[1] While he was young, he was also a football goalkeeper, having played in the Yugoslav First League with Belgrade side FK BASK.
[4] Before the start of the Second World War, he was the usual goalkeeper of the Yugoslav U-21 team, and in 1941 he moved to FK Obilić.
[6] During World War II, Bijelić was sent to a labor camp in Bor with other detainees who were also professional footballers, such as Vladimir Pečenčić and Miodrag Savić from SK Jugoslavija and Laza Popović from BSK Belgrade.
They formed a football team that played against local clubs.
[7] After the liberation of Yugoslavia, Bijelić became part of the newly formed Red Star Belgrade playing with them in the 1945–46 season.