Vladimir Durković

Vladimir Durković

Personal information
Full name	Vladimir Durković
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(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1953–1955	Napredak Kruševac
1955–1966	Red Star Belgrade	177	(7)
1966–1967	Borussia M'gladbach	10	(0)
1967–1971	Saint-Étienne	116	(0)
1971–1972	FC Sion	25	(0)
National team
1959–1966	Yugoslavia	50	(0)
Honours Men's Football Representing  Yugoslavia Olympic Games 1960 Rome Team European Championship 1960 France Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Vladimir Durković (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Дурковић; 6 November 1937 – 22 June 1972) was a Serbian football defender.^[1] He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Career[]

Club career[]

Durković played with Red Star Belgrade until he was 28 at which point he moved abroad and made a name for himself with AS Saint-Étienne, winning three French League titles and the Coupe de France twice.

International career[]

Capped 50 times by Yugoslavia between 1959 and 1966, Durković excelled as a 22-year-old at the first UEFA European Championship, offering defensive solidity and attacking penetration at right-back. Although Yugoslavia finished second in France, Durković won a gold medal at the Rome Olympics the following September. He also wore the number two shirt at the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile and was an ever-present as Yugoslavia eliminated former winners Uruguay and West Germany and finished fourth.

Death[]

He died when mistakenly shot by a policeman in Sion, Switzerland in June 1972 at the age of 34.^[3]

Honours[]

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

AS Saint-Etienne

• Ligue 1: 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70
• Coupe de France: 1967–68, 1969–70

Yugoslavia

• UEFA European Championship: runner-up 1960
• Olympic gold medalist in 1960

References[]

External links[]

• Vladimir Durković at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)