Vladica Popović

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Vladica Popović

Personal information
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 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Jedinstvo Zemun
0000–1953	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 Men's football Representing Yugoslavia Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vladimir "Vladica" Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир "Владица" Поповић; 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.

Playing career

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. He was part of the team that won the silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He earned a total of 20 caps (no goals) and his final international was a June 1965 World Cup qualification match away against Norway.

Managerial career

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.

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

• Categoría Primera A: 1971

Atlético Nacional

• Categoría Primera A: 1973

Deportivo Cali

• Categoría Primera A: 1974

Napredak Kruševac

• Yugoslav Second League (East): 1977–78

Red Star Belgrade

• Yugoslav First League: 1991–92
• Intercontinental Cup: 1991

External links

• Vladica Popović – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Vladica Popović at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
• Vladica Popović at National-Football-Teams.com