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Serbian footballer (1935–2020) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vladimir "Vladica" Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир "Владица" Поповић; 17 March 1935 – 10 August 2020[1]) was a Serbian professional footballer[2] and manager. The biggest success in his coaching career was winning the Intercontinental Cup with Red Star Belgrade in 1991.
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Vladimir Popović | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 17 March 1935 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Zemun, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 10 August 2020 85) | (aged||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Belgrade, Serbia | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Jedinstvo Zemun | |||||||||||||||||
–1953 | Red Star Belgrade | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1953–1965 | Red Star Belgrade | 214 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
1965–1966 | VfB Stuttgart | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1966–1968 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 52 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
1968–1969 | Canarias | ||||||||||||||||
Total | 268 | (10) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1956–1965 | Yugoslavia | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
Portuguesa | |||||||||||||||||
Deportivo Italia | |||||||||||||||||
1971–1972 | Independiente Santa Fe | ||||||||||||||||
1973 | Atlético Nacional | ||||||||||||||||
1974 | Deportivo Cali | ||||||||||||||||
1976–1977 | Napredak Kruševac | ||||||||||||||||
Trepča | |||||||||||||||||
1984–1986 | Deportivo Cali | ||||||||||||||||
1989 | Deportivo Cali | ||||||||||||||||
1990–1991 | Borac Banja Luka | ||||||||||||||||
1991–1992 | Red Star Belgrade | ||||||||||||||||
1992–1993 | Peru | ||||||||||||||||
1994–1995 | Millonarios | ||||||||||||||||
1998–1999 | Caracas | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Born in Zemun, Popović started playing at local side Jedinstvo but his talent was spotted while he was still very young and giants Red Star Belgrade brought him to their youth team where he will later play for more than a decade becoming team captain and also regular member of the Yugoslavia national team.[3] He was part of the team that won the silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[4]
Popović began coaching football in Venezuela in the 1970s, leading Portuguesa FC, Caracas F.C. and Deportivo Italia. He also managed Colombian sides Deportivo Cali and Millonarios as well as the Peru national football team.[5]
Red Star Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Independiente Santa Fe
Atlético Nacional
Deportivo Cali
Napredak Kruševac
Red Star Belgrade
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