Đorđe Vujkov (; born 19 August 1955) is a former Yugoslav and Serbian professional

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who played as a defender.

Club career

Vujkov spent 10 seasons with

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( ; sr-Cyrl, Војводина, ), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an Autonomous administrative division, autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia, located in Central Europe. It lies withi ...

from 1973 to 1983, winning the

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in 1976–77. He later played abroad in Belgium (

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), Spain ( Castellón), and Austria ( DSV Alpine).

International career

In 1977, Vujkov was capped four times for

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at full level. He was also a member of the under-21 team that won the

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1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...

Honours

Vojvodina *

: 1976–77 Yugoslavia U21 *

Yugoslavia U18 * UEFA Under-18 Championship runner-up:

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* * * 1955 births Living people People from Titel Footballers from South Bačka District Yugoslav men's footballers Serbian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Yugoslavia men's under-21 international footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers FK Vojvodina players K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players CD Castellón footballers DSV Leoben players Yugoslav First League players Belgian Pro League players Segunda División players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Spain Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Austria {{Serbia-footy-defender-stub