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*
Years	Team
1953–1965	Red Star Belgrade
1965–1966	VfB Stuttgart
1966–1968	Stuttgarter Kickers
1968–1969	Canarias
Total
International career
1956–1965	Yugoslavia
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
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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.^[3] He was part of the team that won the silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics.^[4] He earned a total of 20 caps (no goals)^[5] and his final international was a June 1965 World Cup qualification match away against Norway.^[6]