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 | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vladimir Popović | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 17 March 1935 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Zemun, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 10 August 2020 (aged 85) | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1986 | Deportivo Cali | ||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Trepča | ||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Deportivo Cali | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Borac Banja Luka | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Red Star Belgrade | ||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Peru | ||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Millonarios | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Caracas | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||
| *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 Atlético Nacional, Deportivo Cali, and Millonarios as well as the Peru national football team.[5]
Honours
editPlayer
editClub
editRed Star Belgrade
- Yugoslav First League: 1955–56, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1963–64
- Yugoslav Cup: 1957–58, 1958–59, 1963–64
- Mitropa Cup: 1958
International
editYugoslavia
- Summer Olympics Second place: 1956
Manager
editIndependiente Santa Fe
Atlético Nacional
Deportivo Cali
Napredak Kruševac
- Yugoslav Second League (East): 1977–78
Red Star Belgrade
References
edit- ^ Perfil de Vladimir Popovic tecnico yugoeslavio fallecido
- ^ "Vladimir Popović". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ Fudbal u Zemunu at zemunskenovine.rs, by Branko Najhold, retrieved 24-1-2017 (in Serbian)
- ^ "Vladica Popović". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ 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.
External links
edit- Vladica Popović – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Vladica Popović at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)