Vladica Popović

Vladica Popović
Personal information
Full name Vladimir Popović
Date of birth (1935-03-17)17 March 1935
Place of birth Zemun, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death 10 August 2020(2020-08-10) (aged 85)
Place of death Belgrade, Serbia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Jedinstvo Zemun
0000–1953 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
Men's football
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1956 Melbourne Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

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]

Honours

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Player

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Club

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Red Star Belgrade

International

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Yugoslavia

Manager

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Independiente Santa Fe

Atlético Nacional

Deportivo Cali

Napredak Kruševac

Red Star Belgrade

References

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  1. ^ Perfil de Vladimir Popovic tecnico yugoeslavio fallecido
  2. ^ "Vladimir Popović". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  3. ^ Fudbal u Zemunu at zemunskenovine.rs, by Branko Najhold, retrieved 24-1-2017 (in Serbian)
  4. ^ "Vladica Popović". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  5. ^ Galvis, Oscar (2 June 1998). "Popovic al mando del Caracas en la venidera temporada" [Popovic in command of Caracas in the coming season] (in Spanish). El Universal.
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