Slobodan Petrović (footballer)

Slobodan Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Петровић; born 2 October 1948) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a midfielder.[1]

Slobodan Petrović
Personal information
Full name Slobodan Petrović
Date of birth (1948-10-02) 2 October 1948 (age 76)
Place of birth Belgrade, FPR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1972 Partizan 98 (10)
1972–1979 Nürnberg 175 (23)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He was also known as Dane Petrović.[2]

Biography

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Petrović was born in Belgrade on 2 October 1948.[1] He became a member of the pioneer team of Partizan at the age of six where he was coached by Florijan Matekalo. He has a brother, Miodrag, who also played for Partizan.[3] At the age of seventeen, he made his debut for the first team of Partizan against Radnički in Niš. He played a total of 209 matches for the club.[3] He continued his career in Nürnberg, for which he played about 400 matches overall in seven seasons and was the first foreign captain of a German team.[2]

After the end of his playing career, he went into business and owns and operates a chicken farm.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Slobodan Petrovic" (in German). Kicker. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Nešić, Miroslav (11 November 2018). "Sportski spomenar" (in Serbian). Radio Television of Serbia. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Svi igrači Partizana od 1945. godine do danas, koji su odigrali makar 1 meč u crno-belom dresu" (in Serbian). FK Partizan. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
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