Vladica Popović

Vladica Popović
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
0000–1953	Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
National team
Teams managed
	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
Men's football
Representing Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Vladimir "Vladica" Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Bладимиp "Bлaдицa" Пoпoвић; 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.

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

Honours[]

Player[]

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

References[]

^ 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)
^ 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[]

Vladica Popović – FIFA competition record (archived)
Profile at Serbian federation official site (in Serbian)

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[1] Perfil de Vladimir Popovic tecnico yugoeslavio fallecido

[2] "Vladimir Popović". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 29 December 2012.

[3] Fudbal u Zemunu at zemunskenovine.rs, by Branko Najhold, retrieved 24-1-2017 (in Serbian)

[4] 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.

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