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Željko
Željko (), sometimes written Zeljko, is a South Slavic masculine given name. In Croatia, the name Željko was among the most common masculine given names in the decades between 1950 and 1979, and was the most common name in the 1960s. Notable people with the name include: * Željko Adžić (born 1965), Croatian footballer * Zeljko Babic (born 1976), Australian association football player *Željko Bebek (born 1945), Bosnian singer, lead vocalist of ''Bijelo dugme'' from 1974 to 1984 * Željko Bilecki (born 1950), Canadian soccer player * Željko Blagojević, Bosnian Serb long-distance runner * Željko Božić (born 1974), Serbian stuntman and actor * Željko Bogut (born 1969), Bosnian chess player and two time national champion *Željko Brkić (born 1986), Serbian football goalkeeper * Željko Čajkovski (1925–2016), Croatian football (soccer) player and coach * Željko Cicović (born 1971), Serbian football goalkeeper * Željko Đokić (born 1982), Serbian footballer * Željko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Željko Joksimović
Željko Joksimović ( sr-Cyrl, Жељко Јоксимовић, ; born 20 April 1972) is a Serbian vocalist, composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He plays 12 different musical instruments including accordion, piano, guitar and drums. Joksimović is multi-lingual, being fluent in Greek, English, Russian, Polish and French as well as his native Serbian. A singer-songwriter, Joksimović has been successful composing for other artists throughout the Balkans. He has written five ballads that have represented their respective countries at the Eurovision Song Contest: "Lane moje", " Lejla", "Oro", "Nije ljubav stvar" and " Adio". He also composes music for films, television series and theater shows. He represented Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Lane moje", placing second. He also represented Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Nije ljubav stvar", placing third. During 2013, 2014 and 2015, he was a ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Željko Ivanek
Željko Ivanek (né Šimić-Ivanek; ; ; born August 15, 1957) is an American actor, known for his role as Ray Fiske on ''Damages'', for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award. Ivanek is also known for his role of Ed Danvers on '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' and '' Homicide: The Movie'', Governor James Devlin on '' Oz'', Andre Drazen on '' 24'', Blake Sterling on the short-lived series ''The Event'', and Emile "The Hunter" Danko in ''Heroes''. From 2014 until 2019, he starred as Russell Jackson in the drama '' Madam Secretary''. He also had a recurring role as FBI Special Agent Jim Racine in the series ''Banshee''. For his active stage career, he has been awarded a Drama Desk Award and has been nominated for three Tony Awards. Early life and education Ivanek was born Željko Šimić-Ivanek in Ljubljana, PR Slovenia, FPR Yugoslavia. In 1960, Željko, his mother and younger brother, Ivan, immigrated to Palo Alto, California, where his father was studying for his PhD in electrical e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Željko Komšić
Željko Komšić (; born 20 January 1964) is a Bosnian politician and diplomat who is the 6th and current Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is also its current chairman, since 2021. Previously, he was a member of the national House of Representatives from 2014 to 2018. Komšić already served as a member of the Presidency from 2006 until 2014, and was elected to the same office for a third term at the 2018 general election, thus becoming the second Presidency member overall, after Bosniak Alija Izetbegović, and the first, and so far only Croat member to serve more than two terms. He was sworn in on 20 November 2018, along with fellow newly elected Presidency members Šefik Džaferović (Bosniak) and Milorad Dodik (Serb). Komšić was a prominent figure of the Social Democratic Party, until he left it in 2012 to establish the Democratic Front a year later. Although elected to the post of Croat member of the tri-partitive Presidency, many Bosnian C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Željko Đokić
Željko Đokić ( sr-Cyrl, Жељко Ђокић; also transliterated Željko Djokić; born 10 May 1982) is a Serbian-born Bosnian-Herzegovinian former Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. Club career Đokić played in the Second League of Serbia and Montenegro with FK Srem Jakovo in 2001. He played abroad in 2003 in the Macedonian First Football League with FK Pobeda, Pobeda. During his tenure with Pobeda he featured in the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League, and played against FC Pyunik. He also played in the 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup against SSC Farul Constanța. In 2007, he played in the Serbian First League with Srem Jakovo, and Javor Ivanjica. In 2009, he played abroad once more with Panthrakikos F.C. in the Superleague Greece. He returned to Javor Ivanjica in 2010 to play in the Serbian SuperLiga. In 2011, he played in the Ekstraklasa with Ruch Chorzów. During his time with Ruch Chorzów he played in the 2012–13 UEFA Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Željko Kopić
Željko Kopić (born 10 September 1977) is a Croatian football manager and former player. Playing career In his playing days, Željko Kopić played for Croatian clubs NK Čakovec, NK Marsonia and NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac and Australian club Sydney United 58 FC. Coaching career In October 2009, Kopić was appointed as manager of Zagorec in the fourth tier of Croatian league system. After two months in charge, he was signed by Druga HNL team Segesta. After winning only three points in first five matches, he was sacked in March 2010 leaving Segesta in relegation zone. In August 2011, he succeeded Dražen Biškup at the helm of Lučko in the first division. Lučko finished 2011–12 Prva HNL season in 13th place and was relegated to the second division. At the start of the following season, Kopić signed a two-year contract with Cibalia. In November 2012, he resigned as manager after winning only one match in last seven rounds. In June 2014, he took over the helm of NK Zagreb a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Željko Bebek
Želimir "Željko" Bebek (born 16 December 1945) is a Bosnian and Croatian vocalist and musician most notable for being the lead singer of former Yugoslav rock band Bijelo Dugme from 1974 to 1984. He also has a successful career as a solo artist. Early years Bebek was born in Sarajevo, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia to Bosnian Croat parents Zvonimir and Katarina. He showed an early interest in music, entertaining his mother's house guests by singing songs he heard on the radio. He also experimented with harmonica, but abandoned it in third grade of primary school as he wanted to play guitar and sing along. His teacher, however, discouraged such intentions so Željko ended up playing mandolin instead. He soon became the school's best mandolin player and was allowed to play guitar as a reward. At age sixteen, Bebek began taking the stage at Eho 61, an open mic club-like school activity for the musically inclined students of Sarajevo's Second Gymnasium. A couple of year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Željko Krajan
Željko Krajan (;; born 3 February 1979) is a Croatian tennis coach and former professional player. Playing career Krajan, a native of Varaždin, began playing tennis at age six.. Retrieved on June 9, 2008 His greatest success as a junior player was winning the Orange Bowl doubles tournament with Ivan Ljubičić in 1995. Krajan started his pro career at the ATP Tour in 1997. His highest ATP ranking was No. 88 in August 2002. In 2003 Krajan was sidelined following a shoulder surgery. In 2004 he suffered a serious quadriceps tear, which ultimately caused his retirement from professional tennis in 2005. Coaching career From 2005 on, Krajan turned to coaching, at first working with Saša Tuksar, a young Croatian tennis player, and then with German junior players as Heinz Günthardt's assistant coach. In 2006 and 2007 he played in the German Regionalliga Süd-Ost for TC Ismaning. In October 2007, upon recommendation by Ivan Ljubičić, he became the coach of Dinara Safina, who was at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Željko Kerum
Željko Kerum (born 25 September 1960) is a Croatian entrepreneur and politician who served as Mayor of Split from 2009 to 2013. He also owned the supermarket chain '' Kerum'' until it folded in 2012. He won the election in 2009 and became the mayor, but failed to qualify for the second round of the election in 2013. In the 2017 election, Andro Krstulović Opara from the HDZ defeated him in the second round of voting. Early life Kerum was born in the village of Ogorje (part of Muć) in the Dalmatian hinterland. He graduated from the Technical High School in Split in 1978. In 1981 he got his first job in the Split construction company ''Melioracija'', spending a year in Iraq working on military bases. Business career He founded the company ''Kerum'' in 1989, opening his first convenience store in 1990. Six years later he opened his first supermarket in the Lora neighbourhood of Split. In 2003 he bought the ''Diokom'' industrial facilities (ex-''Jugoplastika''), and in 2007 he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Željko Kopanja
Željko Kopanja (21 October 1954 – 8 August 2016) was a Serbian newspaper editor and director of the newspaper '' Nezavisne Novine''. ''The Christian Science Monitor'' described him as an equal critic of all parties without regard to ethnicity and "probably the most feared journalist in Bosnia and Herzegovina." On August 8, 2016 Željko Kopanja died from a cardiac arrest. In October 1999, he lost both legs in a car bomb attack. Early career Kopanja was born in Kotor Varoš, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1954. He held a degree in economics from University of Banja Luka. He also was a professional player of association football. He began his journalist career with the Banja Luka's daily newspaper ''Glas'' before the Bosnian War and then reported about criminal doings of Republika Srpska during the war for Belgrade's weekly newspaper ''Telegraf''. In 1995, shortly after the Dayton Agreement which ended the Bosnian War, Kopanja co-founded ''Nezavisne Novine'', a weekly independent newsp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Željko Brkić
Željko Brkić (Serbian Cyrillic: Жељко Бркић, born 9 July 1986) is a Serbian retired professional football goalkeeper. Club career Early career in Serbia Brkić, playing in the goalkeeper position, started his career as a professional began at the club Indeks Novi Sad and Vojvodina, before playing professionally at Vojvodina. Brkić loaned him to Proleter Novi Sad in 2005, where he stayed for the club about two years. At Proleter Novi Sad, Brkić made thirty-one appearances. After his return from loan, Brkić made his debut for the club, in a 1–0 win over Napredak Kruševac on 2 September 2007. Since then, Brkić soon became a first-choice goalkeeper and soon became the club's captain. At the club, Brkić made a total of 117 appearances. Siena In the summer of 2011, Brkić left Serbia to join Italian side Udinese. Because Udinese ran out of non- EU registration quota for international signing (which Udinese had to buy one from other club) as well as the performanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Željko Cicović
Željko Cicović (; born 2 September 1970) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career During his 16-year-long career, Cicović played for Rad (1989–1997) and Las Palmas (1997–2005). He won the Ricardo Zamora Trophy in the 1998–99 Segunda División. International career At international level, Cicović was capped six times for FR Yugoslavia. He was part of the team at UEFA Euro 2000, remaining an unused substitute throughout the tournament. Honours Las Palmas * Segunda División: 1999–2000 Individual * Ricardo Zamora Trophy: 1998–99 Segunda División * Toulon Tournament Best Goalkeeper: 1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ... References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cicovic, Zeljko 1970 births L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Željko Đurđić
Željko Đurđić (, ; 8 November 1962 – 28 July 2014) was a Serbian handball goalkeeper. Known locally by the nickname ''Džigi'', he captained RK Proleter Zrenjanin to the 1990–91 European Handball Cup final where Proleter narrowly lost to Barcelona. He played 45 times for the Yugoslav national handball team. Health issues Falling out of the limelight after his retirement in 1996, his name began appearing in newspapers once again in late 2011. Đurđić said in an interview that he was living in poverty, and that although he needed surgery on both his knees, he was unable to afford it. Đurđić died 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 ... on 28 July 2014. References 1962 births 2014 deaths Sportspeople from Doboj Serbs of Bosnia and Herzeg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
