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Žarko Vasiljević
Žarko ( sr-cyr, Жарко, ) is a South Slavic male given name used in former Yugoslavia. It originated in Serbia and is used predominantly by ethnic Serbs. It may refer to: *Žarko (nobleman), a 14th-century Serbian nobleman *Žarko Paspalj, Yugoslav/Serbian basketballer * Žarko Obradović, Serbian politician * Žarko Čabarkapa, Serbian retired basketballer *Žarko Korać, Serbian psychologist and politician *Žarko Lazetić, Serbian retired footballer *Žarko Petan, Slovenian writer, essayist, screenwriter, and theatre and film director *Žarko Varajić, retired Yugoslav basketballer * Žarko Odžakov, retired Yugoslav and Australian footballer * Žarko Olarević *Žarko Laušević *Žarko Marković (footballer) (born 1987), Serbian footballer *Žarko Marković (handballer) (born 1986), Montenegrin-Qatari handball player *Žarko Tomašević *Žarko Đurović * Žarko Potočnjak * Žarko Bulajić *Žarko Zečević * Žarko Nikolić * Žarko Dolinar *Žarko Petrović *Žarko Zr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Slavs
South Slavs are Slavic peoples who speak South Slavic languages and inhabit a contiguous region of Southeast Europe comprising the eastern Alps and the Balkan Peninsula. Geographically separated from the West Slavs and East Slavs by Austria, Hungary, Romania, and the Black Sea, the South Slavs today include Bosniaks, Bulgarians, Croats, Macedonians, Montenegrins, Serbs, and Slovenes, respectively the main populations of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. In the 20th century, the country of Yugoslavia (from Serbo-Croatian, literally meaning "South Slavia" or "South Slavdom") united majority of South Slavic peoples and lands—with the exception of Bulgarians and Bulgaria—into a single state. The Pan-Slavic concept of ''Yugoslavia'' emerged in the late 17th century Croatia, at the time party of Habsburg Monarchy, and gained prominence through the 19th-century Illyrian movement. The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žarko Đurović
Žarko Đurović (; born 1 August 1961) is a Serbian football manager and former player. Playing career Đurović spent most of his playing career at Red Star Belgrade, winning two Yugoslav First League titles (1984 and 1988). He also played abroad for Swiss club Bellinzona, before retiring from the game. Managerial career In December 2010, Đurović was named as assistant manager to Robert Prosinečki at Red Star Belgrade. He left the position in June 2012. In 2013, Đurović briefly served as manager of Radnik Surdulica. References Honours Red Star Belgrade * Yugoslav First League: 1983–84, 1987–88 * Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...: 1981–82 External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Durovic, Zarko 1961 births Living people Footballers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žarko Drašković
Žarko Drašković (born 26 September 1965) is a Montenegrin football player. Drašković began his career with FK Sutjeska Nikšić. He played for S.C. Salgueiros, S.C. Beira-Mar and S.C. Farense in the Portuguese Liga. He also had a brief spell with Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. in the Greek Super League The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ... during the 1995–96 season. References 1965 births Living people Yugoslav men's footballers FK Sutjeska Nikšić players S.C. Salgueiros players S.C. Beira-Mar players S.C. Farense players Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. players Men's association football midfielders {{Montenegro-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žarko Puhovski
Žarko Puhovski (born 15 December 1946) is a Croatian professor, political analyst, philosopher and intellectual, former president of the Croatian Helsinki Committee. Biography Puhovski was born in Zagreb on 15 December 1946. He was born to a Jewish mother although he has never been an active Jew. Puhovski became well-known public figure at a very early age, for almost a trivial reason: When he became the president of his gymnasium committee of the Alliance of Socialist Youth a directive arrived to revitalise the political work with more vivacious subjects. Having discovered an article on contraception in the magazine ''Der Spiegel'' bought by his grandma, Puhovski found it a suitably "vivacious" subject and has on the school youth conference in 1964, in front of 400 students and all the teachers read an essay titled ''Love, sex and contraception''. Before the essay was read to the end, all the professors left the solemnly decked hall. After everything was over, Puhovski was ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žarko Vekić
Žarko Vekić ( sr, Жарко Векић, born May 1, 1967) is a Serbian sprint canoer who competed as an Independent Olympic Participant at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci .... He was eliminated in the repechages of both the K-1 500 m and the K-2 1000 m events. In the K-1 500 meters, Vekić finished 6th in his heat, and then 6th again in Repechage 1, where only the top 4 advanced to the semifinals. ReferencesSports-Reference.com profile 1967 births Serbian male canoeists Yugoslav male canoeists Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists as Independent Olympic Participants {{Serbia-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žarko Domljan
Žarko Domljan (14 September 1932 – 5 September 2020) was a Croatian politician who served as the first Speaker of the Croatian Parliament following Croatia's independence from Yugoslavia and as the 11th speaker overall. He served in this position from 30 May 1990 to 2 August 1992. Domljan was later a representative in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is the parliamentary arm of the Council of Europe, a 46-nation international organisation dedicated to upholding human rights, democracy and the rule of law. The Assembly is made up o .... He died on 5 September 2020 at the age of 87. References 1932 births 2020 deaths People from Imotski Croatian Democratic Union politicians Representatives in the modern Croatian Parliament Speakers of the Croatian Parliament Order of Ante Starčević recipients {{Croatia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žarko Grabovač
Žarko Grabovač (born 16 June 1983) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Remarkably, he also played as a centre back in the past, mainly during his stay with Fortuna Sittard. Early and personal life Born in Ruma, SFR Yugoslavia, Grabovač came to the Netherlands at early age and also holds Dutch citizenship. Career Grabovač spent ten years with JVC Cuijk, before later playing as an amateur for TOP Oss, Ronse and Geldrop/AEK, before moving to England to play for Blackpool in January 2005. Grabovač made three appearances in the Football League for Blackpool, his only first-team appearances for the club, before being released at the end of the 2004–05 campaign. Grabovač returned to the Netherlands, signing with Fortuna Sittard for the 2005–06 season. In 2011, he moved to Helmond Sport Helmond Sport is a professional association football club based in the city of Helmond, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žarko Serafimovski
Žarko Serafimovski ( mk, Жарко Серафимовски; born 13 February 1971, in Skopje, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired football midfielder from the present-day North Macedonia. International career Serafimovski made his debut for the Macedonian national team in a March 1994 friendly match against Slovenia, in which he immediately scored a goal, Macedonia's 5th goal ever in their second ever official match. He earned 34 caps and scored 3 goals in total. His final international was a September 2001 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th .... References External links * Profile at MacedonianFootball.com Career historyat Weltfussball.de 1971 births Living people Footballers from Skopje Association football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žarko Zrenjanin
Žarko Zrenjanin "Uča" ( sr-Cyrl, Жарко Зрењанин, ; 11 September 1902 – 4 November 1942) was a partisan and National Hero of Yugoslavia. The city of Zrenjanin, in Serbia, is named after him, since 1946. Zrenjanin was born in Izbište. He became a leader of the Vojvodina Communists and when World War II began, the Partisans. Zrenjanin endured torture and months of incarceration by the Nazis during the Second World War. He was released and later killed in Pavliš while trying to escape recapture. File:Zarko Zrenjanin monument.jpg, Monument of Žarko Zrenjanin in Zrenjanin Zrenjanin ( sr-Cyrl, Зрењанин, ; hu, Nagybecskerek; ro, Becicherecu Mare; sk, Zreňanin; german: Großbetschkerek) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous pro ..., built in 1952 References Zrenjanin Žive Žarko Učaat znaci.net 1902 births 1942 deaths People from Vršac Yugoslav communists Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žarko Petrović
Žarko Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Жарко Петровић, October 27, 1964 – April 2, 2007) was a Serbian volleyball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan .... In 1996 he was part of the Yugoslav team which won the bronze medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all eight matches. References * 1964 births 2007 deaths Serbian men's volleyball players Serbia and Montenegro men's volleyball players Yugoslav men's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players of Yugoslavia Olympic bronze medalists for Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Olympic medalists in volleyball Sportspeople from Novi Sad Medalists at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žarko Dolinar
Žarko Dolinar (3 July 1920 – 9 March 2003), Ph.D., was a biologist and table tennis player who won eight medals at the World Table Tennis Championships. He was born in a family of Slovene economic immigrants to Croatia. In 1939, at the age of 18 he became the national champion of Yugoslavia. Dolinar was champion of the Independent State of Croatia multiple times, and also competed for its national team on nine occasions. He also won three English Open titles. Dolinar is the only world sporting champion with a Ph.D. degree. He graduated from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in 1949, and received a doctorate in 1959. He was world doubles champion with his partner, Vilim Harangozo. Dolinar was also head of the Sports Science Committee for the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). A university professor in both Zagreb and Basel, Dolinar and his brother Boris were honored as the Righteous Among the Nations for saving Jews during World War II. On a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žarko Nikolić
Žarko Nikolić (; 16 October 1936 – 22 August 2011) was a Yugoslav and Serbian footballer who played as a defender. Career Born in Novi Sad, Nikolić played for Vojvodina from 1954 to 1966, amassing over 200 appearances in the Yugoslav First League and helping them win the championship in the 1965–66 season. He subsequently moved abroad to Germany and joined Schalke 04, spending two seasons at the club. Before retiring from the game, Nikolić had a brief second spell with Vojvodina. At international level, Nikolić was capped nine times for Yugoslavia. He represented his country at one European Nations' Cup (finishing runner-up in 1960) and one World Cup (1962). Nikolić was also a member of the team that won the gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches. Honours Club ;Vojvodina * Yugoslav First League: 1965–66 International ;Yugoslavia * Olympic Games: 1960 * European Nations' Cup: Runner-up 1960 It is also known as the "Yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
