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)
International career
1959–1966 Yugoslavia 50 (0)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Team
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 1960 France Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 shot by a drunken policeman in Sion, Switzerland in June 1972 at the age of 34. The police officer was leater sencenced to 9 years prison of which he served 7 years[3]. [4]

Honours

Red Star Belgrade
AS Saint-Etienne
Yugoslavia
Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Vladimir Durković". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Vladimir Durković". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  3. ↑ https://www.sport1.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/2022/06/bundesliga-ex-gladbach-profi-vladimir-durkovic-wird-1972-von-polizisten-in-sion-erschossen
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "1960 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
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