Josip Zemko (13 March 1946 — 11 April 2017) was a former Yugoslav

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manager and player. He was one of the best Yugoslav defenders in the 1960s. In 1963, he started playing for the first team and very soon he became a candidate for the Yugoslav national team. He had collected three

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before he broke a leg in 1966. He never managed to reach the same level of play he was showing before the injury. After having coached several clubs in

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, he was coaching youth teams at

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Player profile on Serbian National Team pageProfile and career story
at FK Bačka 1901 official website. {{DEFAULTSORT:Zemko, Josip Yugoslav footballers Yugoslavia international footballers Serbian footballers FK Željezničar Sarajevo players FK Vojvodina players FK Spartak Subotica players Yugoslav First League players 1946 births Living people Sportspeople from Subotica Yugoslav football managers Croatian football managers Serbian football managers Association football defenders Croats of Vojvodina FK Bačka 1901 managers