Ivan "Beli" Krstić (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, th ...

: Иван Бели Крстић; 30 June 1980 – 29 May 2000) was a Serbian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played for FK Radnički Niš. He started playing with the club at the age of 9, and later joined the first team and became captain. He played with Radnički during the

1999–2000 First League of FR Yugoslavia The 1999–2000 First League of FR Yugoslavia was the eighth season of the FR Yugoslavia's top-level football league since its establishment. It was contested by 21 teams, and Red Star Belgrade won the championship. Incidents The season was mar ...

. He also represented the Yugoslavia U21 national team.Godišnjica smrti Ivana Krstića Belog
at juznevesti.com, 29-5-2012, retrieved 29-9-2012 On 29 May 2000 he was struck by lightning whilst training, and was killed instantly. He was 19 years old. In his honour, the youth academy of Radnički Niš is named after himYouth academy
at FK Radnički Niš official website, retrieved 29-9-2012 and his shirt number of 10 has been retired by the club.

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1980 births 2000 deaths Serbian footballers FK Radnički Niš players Association football midfielders Deaths from lightning strikes Association football players who died while playing Accidental deaths in Serbia {{Serbia-footy-midfielder-stub