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| 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 ft9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| Deportivo Italia | |||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1972 | Independiente Santa Fe | ||||||||||||||||
| 1973 | Atlético Nacional | ||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | Deportivo Cali | ||||||||||||||||
| 1974–1975 | Portuguesa | ||||||||||||||||
| 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
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Vladimir "Vladica" Popović (Serbian Cyrillic:Владимир "Владица" Поповић; 17 March 1935 – 10 August 2020[1]) was a Serbian professionalfootballer[2] andmanager. The biggest success in his coaching career was winning theIntercontinental Cup withRed Star Belgrade in 1991.
Born inZemun, 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 theYugoslavia national team.[3] He was part of the team that won the silver medal at the1956 Summer Olympics.[4] He earned a total of 20 caps (no goals)[5] and his final international was a June 1965World Cup qualification match away againstNorway.[6]
Popović began coaching football inVenezuela in the 1970s, leadingPortuguesa FC,Caracas F.C. andDeportivo Italia. He also managed Colombian sidesAtlético Nacional,Deportivo Cali, andMillonarios as well as thePeru national football team.[7]
Red Star Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Independiente Santa Fe
Atlético Nacional
Deportivo Cali
Napredak Kruševac
Red Star Belgrade
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