Žarko Soldo (; 14 April 1953 – 12 March 2011) was a Serbian

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manager and player.

Playing career

Soldo spent his entire playing career at his hometown club

Proleter Zrenjanin Fudbalski klub Proleter Zrenjanin () is a football club from the city of Zrenjanin, Vojvodina, Serbia. History Early period Soon after World War II, the club almost achieved promotion to the Yugoslav Second League after finishing top of the ...

, making over 250 league appearances for the side between the early 1970s and late 1980s, mainly in the

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Managerial career

After hanging up his boots, Soldo was manager of numerous clubs in his homeland, including two spells at

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...

sides

Hajduk Kula FK Hajduk Kula (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Хајдук Кула) was a Serbian football club based in Kula. The club was named after a Hajduk, a much celebrated hero figure in the Serbian epic poetry. On 30 July 2013, just eleven days before start ...

and

Banat Zrenjanin FK Banat Zrenjanin () was a Association football, football club based in Zrenjanin, Vojvodina, Serbia. History The club was founded in June 2006 by the merger of FK Budućnost Banatski Dvor, Budućnost Banatski Dvor and FK Proleter Zrenjanin, Pro ...

Death

On 12 March 2011, while serving as manager of

Timok The Timok ( Serbian and Bulgarian: Тимок; ro, Timoc), sometimes also known as Great Timok ( sr, Велики Тимок, Veliki Timok; ro, Timocul Mare), is a river in eastern Serbia, a right tributary of the Danube. For the last 15 k ...

, Soldo died during a friendly match due to heart attack at the age of 57.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Soldo, Zarko 1953 births 2011 deaths Footballers from Zrenjanin Yugoslav men's footballers Men's association football midfielders FK Proleter Zrenjanin players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav Second League players Serbia and Montenegro football managers Serbian football managers FK Proleter Zrenjanin managers FK Inđija managers FK Hajduk Kula managers FK Banat Zrenjanin managers FK Timok managers Serbian SuperLiga managers