Žarko Zečević ( sr-cyr, Жарко Зечевић; born 19 January 1950) is a Serbian retired basketball player, former football administrator, and current businessman. Known by his widely used nickname Zeka, he is most notable as the controversial and all powerful general-secretary of

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; en, Partizan Football Club), sometimes known as Partizan Belgrade in English, is a Serbia, Serbian professional football club (association football), football ...

, a role he performed for more than two decades. Since 2007, he is employed at

YugoRosGaz YugoRosGaz a.d. is a Serbian natural gas distributor and transportation company, a subsidiary of Russian Gazprom. It is headquartered in Belgrade, Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), i ...

, a subsidiary of Gazprom. Born to Slavko Zečević (former Police Minister and former

managing board member) Žarko's entire sports career, both playing and administrative, is also tied to Partizan Sports Society. During the late 1960s and 1970s, he was a basketball player for

KK Partizan Košarkaški klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Партизан, English: Partizan Basketball Club), commonly referred to as KK Partizan or simply Partizan, is a professional basketball team based in Belgrade, Serbia. It is ...

and even managed 16 appearances in the Yugoslavia national basketball team jersey, though only in friendly preparation games and minor competitions - he never made the final cut for any of the major competitions (Eurobasket, World Championships, and the Olympics).

Personal

Žarko Zečević is married to Mira who used to work as marketing director at ''

Politika ''Politika'' ( sr-Cyrl, Политика; ''Politics'') is a Serbian daily newspaper, published in Belgrade. Founded in 1904 by Vladislav F. Ribnikar, it is the oldest daily newspaper still in circulation in the Balkans. Publishing and owners ...

'' daily newspaper during the 1990s. They have a son and a daughter. Zečević's sister is married to Danko Đunić, former Partizan Sports Society president.

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Навијачи ме „сахрањују”, а власт не реагује
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