Vladimir “Vlaitsa” Popovich (born March 17, 1935 in Zemun ) is a Yugoslav footballer and coach.
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| Full name | Vladimir Popovich | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Vlady | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Was born | March 17, 1935 (84 years) Zemun , Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Yugoslavia  Serbia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 176 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | completed career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Player Career
Popovich made his debut in 1953 with Red Star , in this club he played for the next 11 years, winning five league titles and three cups . In total, from March 1950 to June 1965, he played 499 matches for a team from the capital of Yugoslavia, scoring 38 goals. After Popovich left his homeland, he played in Germany for two Stuttgart teams, Stuttgart and Stuttgart Kickers . In 1968, he moved to South America , where he ended his career in Venezuela with Deportivo Canarias .
Popovich went to the 1958 World Cup as a substitute, not having played a single match, and played all six matches of his team at the 1962 World Cup in Chile . In total, he played 20 matches in the main team, in addition, he played for Yugoslavia B and the youth team , and also participated in the 1956 Olympic tournament in Melbourne , where he won a silver medal.
Coaching career
Coach career began Popovich, where he ended his playing career, in Venezuela. His first club was “ Portuguesa ”, then he moved to Colombia , where he achieved success in his very first year, winning the national championship with “ Santa Fe ”. He continued to ply between the two countries of South America until returning to his homeland, where he coached the " Napredac " and " Trepcha ". In 1984, he returned to Colombia, and then in 1991, with his former club, the Red Star, won the Intercontinental Football Cup . From 1992 to 1993, he also worked as a Peru national team coach.
Titles
As a player
- Champion of Yugoslavia (5): 1955/56, 1956/57, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1963/64
- Winner of the Cup of Yugoslavia (3): 1957/58, 1958/59, 1963/64
As a trainer
- Colombian Champion (2): 1971 , 1974
- Champion of Venezuela (2): 1975, 1977
- Intercontinental Cup Winner (1): 1991
Links
- Vladimir Popović . worldfootball.net. The appeal date is December 29, 2012.
- Profile on FIFA.com (Eng.)
- Profile at Serbian federation official site (Serb.)