Vladimir Durković

Vladimir Durković

Personal information
Full name	Vladimir Durković
Date of birth	6 November 1937
Place of birth	Đakovica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death	22 June 1972 (aged 34)
Place of death	Sion, Switzerland
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	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 Competitor for  Yugoslavia Olympic Games 1960 Rome Team European Championship 1960 France Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Vladimir Durković (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Дурковић; 6 November 1937 – 22 June 1972) was a Serbian football defender^[1] who was very successful in both clubs and Yugoslav national team.

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. 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-Etienne, winning three French League titles and the Coupe de France twice. He died when mistakenly shot by a policeman in Sion, Switzerland in June 1972 at the age of 34.^[2]

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

1. "Vladimir Durković". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
2. Leroi, Roland (8 March 2010). "Das traurigste Archiv der Bundesliga" [The saddest archive of the Bundesliga] (in German). rp-online.de. Retrieved 13 July 2013.