Vladica Popović facts for kids
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| 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) | |||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
| Jedinstvo Zemun | ||||||||||||||||
| –1953 | Red Star Belgrade | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||||||
| 1953–1965 | Red Star Belgrade | 499 | (38) | |||||||||||||
| 1965–1966 | VfB Stuttgart | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 1966–1968 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 52 | (2) | |||||||||||||
| 1968–1969 | Canarias | 28 | (2) | |||||||||||||
| Total | 581 | (42) | ||||||||||||||
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| 1956–1965 | Yugoslavia | 20 | (0) | |||||||||||||
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| Portuguesa | ||||||||||||||||
| Deportivo Italia | ||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1972 | Independiente Santa Fe | |||||||||||||||
| 1973 | Atlético Nacional | |||||||||||||||
| 1974 | Deportivo Cali | |||||||||||||||
| 1977–1978 | Napredak Kruševac | |||||||||||||||
| Trepča | ||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1986 | Deportivo Cali | |||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Deportivo Cali | |||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Red Star Belgrade | |||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Peru | |||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Millonarios | |||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Caracas | |||||||||||||||
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Vladimir "Vladica" Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Bладимиp "Bлaдицa" Пoпoвић; 17 March 1935 – 10 August 2020) was a Serbian professional footballer 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 Yugoslav national team. He was part of the team that won the silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
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.
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Honours
Club
Red 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
Yugoslavia
- Summer Olympics Second place: 1956
Manager
Independiente Santa Fe
Atlético Nacional
Deportivo Cali
Napredak Kruševac
- Yugoslav Second League (East): 1977–78
Red Star Belgrade
- Yugoslav First League: 1991–92
- Intercontinental Cup: 1991
See also
In Spanish: Vladimir Popović para niños
