 Durković playing forSaint-Étienne in 1968 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 November 1937 (1937-11-06) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Đakovica,Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 22 June 1972(1972-06-22) (aged 34) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Sion, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Napredak Kruševac | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1954–1955 | Napredak Kruševac | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1955–1966 | Red Star Belgrade | 177 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1967 | Borussia M'gladbach | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1971 | Saint-Étienne | 116 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1972 | Sion | 25 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 337 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1959–1966 | Yugoslavia | 50 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Vladimir Durković (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Дурковић; 6 November 1937 – 22 June 1972) was a Serbian footballer who played as adefender.[1] He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the1960 Summer Olympics.[2]
Durković played withRed Star Belgrade until he was 28 at which point he moved abroad and made a name for himself withSaint-Étienne, winning threeLigue 1 titles and theCoupe de France twice.
Capped 50 times by Yugoslavia between 1959 and 1966,[3] Durković excelled as a 22-year-old at the firstUEFA European Championship, offering defensive solidity and attacking penetration at right-back. Although Yugoslavia finished second in France, Durković won a gold medal at theRome Olympics the following September. He also wore the number two shirt at the1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile and was an ever-present as Yugoslavia eliminated former winnersUruguay andWest Germany and finished fourth. His final international was a June 1966friendly match againstBulgaria.[4]
He died when shot by a drunken policeman in Sion, Switzerland in June 1972 at the age of 34. The police officer was later sentenced to nine years prison of which he served seven years.[5][6]
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