Jovan Aćimović

Jovan Aćimović

Personal information
Full name	Jovan Aćimović
Date of birth	21 June 1948
Place of birth	Belgrade, FPR Yugoslavia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1964–1965	OFK Belgrade	0	(0)
1965–1976	Red Star Belgrade	237	(44)
1976–1978	1. FC Saarbrücken	41	(1)
1978–1979	Sinđelić Beograd
National team
1968–1976	Yugoslavia	55	(3)
Teams managed
1985–1991	Red Star Belgrade (assistant)
1991–1993	Čukarički
Honours Men's Football Competitor for  Yugoslavia European Championship 1968 Italy Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Jovan "Kule" Aćimović (Serbian Cyrillic: Joван Аћимовић Kулe; born 21 June 1948) is a former Serbian football player.

His son Đorđe was also a footballer who played for Red Star Belgrade in the 1990–91 and 1991–92 seasons.

International career

On the national level he played for Yugoslavia national team^[1] (55 matches/three goals), and was a participant at the 1974 FIFA World Cup,^[2] and at UEFA Euro 1968 and UEFA Euro 1976.

Aćimović on his team's role at the UEFA Euro 1976:

"Two things factored in our final result. First of all, the score of the first half of the match with Germany and then the fact that we, as hosts of the tournament, were prevented from our plans of showing what we were made of. Against the Germans, we thought that we had the final in our hands. At half time, some of us players were even talking about the final. The atmosphere in Belgrade and Zagreb was good but there was pressure felt everywhere we went. Everyone expected the gold medal and we weren't able to carry that weight on our shoulders."^[3]

References

1. "Acimovic, Jovan" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. Jovan Aćimović – FIFA competition record
3. "Vesti spezial magazine, pg. 14" (in Serbian). 16 May 2000.

External links

• Career story at Reprezentacija.rs (Serbian)
• Jovan Aćimović profile at Fussballdaten