Željko (), sometimes written Zeljko, is a South Slavic masculine given name. In

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

, the name Željko was among the most common masculine given names in the decades between 1950 and 1979, and was the most common name in the 1960s. Notable people with the name include: * Željko Ačkar (born 1969), Croatian footballer * Željko Adžić (born 1965), Croatian footballer * Zeljko Babic (born 1976), Australian association football player * Željko Babić (born 1972), Croatian handball player and coach * Željko Bajčeta (born 1967), Montenegrin footballer *

Željko Bebek Želimir "Željko" Bebek (born 16 December 1945) is a Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian-Croatian vocalist and musician most notable for being the lead singer of the SFR Yugoslavia, Yugoslav rock band Bijelo Dugme from 1974 until 1984. He has since ...

(born 1945), Bosnian singer, lead vocalist of ''Bijelo dugme'' from 1974 to 1984 * Željko Bilecki (1950–2023), Canadian soccer player * Željko Blagojević, Bosnian Serb long-distance runner * Željko Božić (born 1974), Serbian stuntman and actor * Željko Bogut (born 1969), Bosnian chess player and two time national champion *

Željko Brkić Željko Brkić (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Жељко Бркић, born 9 July 1986) is a Serbian retired Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Club career Early career ...

(born 1986), Serbian football goalkeeper * Željko Brestovački (born 1967), Serbian politician * Željko Brodarić (born 1954), Yugoslavian rock musician * Željko Bujas (1928–1999), Croatian linguist, scholar and lexicographer *

Željko Burić Željko Burić ( ; born 15 July 1955) is a Croatian ophthalmologist and politician who has been serving as the List of mayors of Šibenik, mayor of Šibenik since 2013. Before taking mayoral office, he served as the director of the General Hospi ...

(born 1955), Croatian politician * Željko Buvač (born 1961), Bosnian Serb footballer and manager *

Željko Čajkovski Željko Čajkovski (5 May 1925 – 11 November 2016) was a Croatian and Yugoslav Association football, football player and coach, who played as a Forward (association football), forward. A prolific goalscorer, Čajkovski spent most of his career ...

(1925–2016), Croatian football player and coach * Željko Cicović (born 1971), Serbian football goalkeeper * Željko Cupan (born 1963), Croatian footballer * Željko Đokić (born 1982), Serbian footballer *

Željko Đurđić Željko Đurđić (, ; 8 November 1962 – 28 July 2014) was a Serbian handball goalkeeper. Known locally by the nickname ''Džigi'', he captained RK Proleter Zrenjanin to the 1990–91 European Handball Cup final where Proleter narrowly lost ...

(born 1961), Serbian handball goalkeeper *

Željko Dimitrijević Željko Dimitrijević ( sr-Cyrl, Жељко Димитријевић; born 4 January 1971) is a gold medal-winning Paralympian athlete from Serbia. He competes in seated throws in the F51 classification, a class for quadriplegics. He is the cu ...

(born 1971), Serbian Paralympic athlete *

Željko Dimitrov Željko Dimitrov ( sr-Cyrl, Жељко Димитров; born 19 February 1994) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a forward for Liaoning Shenyang Urban. Club career Born in Pirot, Dimitrov started playing football with the local club Ra ...

(born 1994), Serbian footballer *

Željko Fajfrić Željko Fajfrić ( sr-cyr, Жељко Фајфрић; born February 24, 1957) is a Serbian professor of law and author on history. A lawyer by profession, he has two doctoral thesis on law, and works in his town of birth. Fajfrić was born in 1957 i ...

(born 1957), Serbian lawyer, professor and historian *

Željko Filipović Željko Filipović (born 3 October 1988) is a Slovenian retired professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Club career In 2018 Filipović played for Dynamo Brest in Belarus. He left the club in December 2018. On 6 February ...

(born 1988), Slovenian footballer *

Željko Franulović Željko Franulović (; born 13 June 1947) is a Croats, Croatian former tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia and has since had a long career in tennis management. He has been the Monte-Carlo Masters tournament director since 2005. Whils ...

(born 1947), Croatian tennis player *

Željko Gavrić Željko Gavrić ( sr-Cyrl, Жељко Гаврић; born 5 December 2000) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Győri ETO FC on loan from FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda. Club career Red Star Belgrade On 15 August 2018, ...

(born 2000), Serbian footballer *

Željko Gavrilović Željko Gavrilović (; born 6 December 1971) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Career Gavrilović played professionally in Portugal ( Nacional and Camacha), Hong Kong ( Sing Tao and South China), Greece ( P ...

(born 1971), Serbian footballer *

Željko Glasnović Željko Glasnović (born 24 February 1954) is a far-right politician and former Croatian military officer. He was a member of Croatian Parliament's club called Independents for Croatia. Biography He was born in Zagreb in 1954. His late father w ...

(born 1954), Croatian general and politician *

Željko Ivanek Željko Ivanek (; ; born August 15, 1957) is a Slovenian-American actor of Croat descent. Ivanek's film credits include '' Courage Under Fire'' (1996), '' Donnie Brasco'' (1997), '' Hannibal'', '' Black Hawk Down'' (both 2001), '' Unfaithful'' ( ...

(born 1957), American actor of Slovenian-Croatian origin * Željko Ivanković (born 1954), Croatian writer from Bosnia and Herzegovina * Željko Ivanović, Montenegrin journalist, producer and human rights activist * Željko Ivezić (born 1965), Croatian American astrophysicist * Željko Janjetović, Bosnian diplomat, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Russian Federation * Željko Janović (born 1963), Montenegrin footballer * Željko Jerkić, Bosnian diplomat *

Željko Jerkov Željko Jerkov (born 6 November 1953, in Pula) is a former Croatian professional basketball player. At a height of tall, and a weight of , he played at the center position. Professional career Jerkov was a member of the FIBA European Selectio ...

(born 1953), Croatian basketballer * Željko Jerman (1949–2006), Croatian photographer *

Željko Joksimović Željko Joksimović ( sr-Cyrl, Жељко Јоксимовић, ; born 20 April 1972) is a Serbian vocalist, composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He plays 12 different musical instruments including accordion, piano, guitar a ...

(born 1972), popular Serbian singer, composer, songwriter and producer * Željko Jovanović (disambiguation), multiple people *

Željko Kalac Zeljko Kalac (born 16 December 1972) is an Australian soccer coach and former player who is currently the goalkeeping coach for the Iraq national football team. Standing at 2.02 m, Kalac is the tallest player to have represented the Austra ...

(born 1972), Australian goalkeeper currently playing for Greek club Kavala * Željko Kalajdžić (born 1978), Serbian professional football midfielder *

Željko Kaluđerović Željko Kaluđerović (Cyrillic: Жељко Калуђеровић, born 1 March 1964) is a Montenegrin retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career As a son of former goalkeeper Božidar Kaluđerović, he started his career at ...

(born 1964), Montenegrin footballer * Željko Karaula (born 1973), Croatian historian and author * Željko Kerum (born 1960), Croatian entrepreneur and politician *

Željko Kipke Željko Kipke (born 3 March 1953) is a Croatian artist. His practice is based on painting and experimental film, but he is also a published art critic and theoretician. He was born in Čakovec, Croatia, but lives and works in Zagreb. He was an ass ...

(born 1953), Croatian artist * Željko Kljajević (born 1984), Montenegrin footballer * Željko Knapić (born 1957), Croatian sprinter *

Željko Komšić Željko Komšić (; born 20 January 1964) is a Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Croat politician serving as the List of Croat members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 6th and current Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia a ...

(born 1964), Bosnian-Herzegovinian politician * Željko Kopanja (1954–2016), Bosnian Serb newspaper editor and director of ''Nezavisne Novine'' *

Željko Kopić Željko Kopić (born 10 September 1977) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Liga I club Dinamo București. Playing career Club In his playing days, Željko Kopić played as a midfielder ...

(born 1977), Croatian football coach * Željko Kosanović (born 1934), Croatian basketballer and handball player * Željko Kovačević (born 1981), Serbian footballer *

Željko Krajan Željko Krajan (;; born 3 February 1979) is a Croatian tennis coach and former professional player. Playing career Krajan, a native of Varaždin, began playing tennis at age six.. Retrieved on June 9, 2008 His greatest success as a junior player ...

(born 1979), Croatian tennis player and coach * Željko Kuzmić (born 1984), Serbian football goalkeeper * Željko Lelek (born 1962), Bosnian Serb indicted for mass rape crimes in Višegrad during the Bosnian War * Željko Loparić (born 1939), Croatian philosopher, historian of the philosophy and university teacher * Željko Ljubenović (born 1981), Serbian football midfielder and coach * (born 1948), Croatian cartoonist, animator and illustrator * Željko Lučić (born 1968), Serbian operatic baritone * Željko Lukajić (born 1958), Serbian basketball coach * Željko Majić (born 1963), Bosnian bishop * Željko Malčić (born 1981), Croatian footballer *

Željko Malnar Željko Malnar (12 April 1944 – 9 July 2013) was a Croatian maverick traveller, writer and a fringe television celebrity, best known for his own weekly show ''Nightmare Stage'' and his satirical micronation the Republic of Peščenica. Biogra ...

(1944–2013), writer and TV presenter * Željko Marasović (1951–2021), Croatian American composer of classical and film music * Željko Markov (born 1976), Serbian footballer and manager *

Željko Matuš Željko Matuš (born 9 August 1935 in Donja Stubica) is a former Croatian-Yugoslavian football (soccer), footballer. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Club career During his club career he played for NK ...

(born 1935), Croatian footballer *

Željko Mavrović Željko Mavrović (; born 17 February 1969) is a Croatian former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 1998. In 1998, as an undefeated challenger, he faced Lennox Lewis for the World Boxing Council, WBC heavyweight title, but lost in what ...

(born 1969), Croatian boxer and entrepreneur * Željko Mejakić (born 1964), Bosnian Serb war criminal * Željko Mijač (1954–2022), Croatian football player and manager * Željko Milanović (born 1957), Croatian handball player and coach *

Željko Milinovič Željko Milinovič (born 12 October 1969) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He represented his country at the two major tournaments for which they qualified, the Euro 2000 and the World Cup 2002. Club c ...

(born 1969), Slovenian footballer * Željko Milošević (born 1976), Serbian footballer * Željko Milović (born 1968), Bosnian writer, poet and journalist * Željko Mitrakovič (born 1972), Slovenian football midfielder * Željko Mrvaljević (born 1981), Montenegrin football defender * Željko Musa (born 1986), Croatian handball player * Željko Nimš (born 1950), Croatian handball player *

Željko Obradović Željko Obradović ( sr-cyrl, Желимир "Жељко" Обрадовић, ; born 9 March 1960) is a Serbian professional basketball Coach (basketball), coach and former professional player who is the head coach for KK Partizan, Partizan of the ...

(born 1960), Serbian basketball player and coach * Željko Ožegović (born 1962), Serbian politician * Željko Pahek (born 1954), Croatian and Serbian comics creator and illustrator * Željko Pakasin (born 1967), Croatian footballer and manager * Željko Panić (born 1976), Bosnian swimmer *

Željko Pavličević Željko Pavličević (born 26 March 1951) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently serves as the head coach for Eastern Sports Club (basketball), Eastern in ASEAN Basketball League. Early life Pavličević began ...

(born 1951), Croatian basketballer and coach *

Željko Pavlović Željko Pavlović (born 2 March 1971) is a retired Croatian football (soccer), football goalkeeper (football), goalkeeper. Club career Pavlović started his professional career in 1989 at the club FK Željezničar from Bosnia and Herzegovina a ...

(born 1971), Croatian football goalkeeper *

Željko Perović Željko Perović (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Cyrillic: Жељко Перовић; born 11 August 1975) is a Montenegrin former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Born in Nikšić, SR Montenegro, ...

(born 1975), Montenegrin footballer *

Željko Perušić Željko Perušić (23 March 1937 – 28 September 2017) was a Croatian footballer. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Club career During his club career he played for NK Dinamo Zagreb, TSV 1860 Mün ...

(1936–2017), Croatian footballer * Željko Pervan (born 1962), Croatian comedian *

Željko Petrović Željko Petrović ( sr-Cyrl, Жељко Петровић; born 13 November 1965) is a Montenegrin professional football manager and former player. As a player, he represented the FR Yugoslavia national team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Club car ...

(born 1965), Montenegro footballer and technical coach *

(born 1969), Bosnian long-distance runner * Željko Polak (born 1976), Bosnian Serb football player * Željko Poljak (born 1959), Croatian basketballer and coach * Zeljko Radovic (born 1974), Austrian football player *

Zeljko Ranogajec Zeljko Ranogajec (born 22 May 1961) is a businessman and professional gambler from Australia. The London-based Ranogajec is known for horse betting, blackjack and other forms of advantage gambling. Early life Ranogajec was born in Hobart, Aus ...

(born 1961), professional gambler from Australia *

Željko Ražnatović Željko Ražnatović (, ; 17 April 1952 – 15 January 2000), better known as Arkan (), was a Serbian warlord, mobster and head of the Serbs, Serb paramilitary force called the Serb Volunteer Guard during the Yugoslav Wars, considered one of the ...

(1952–2000), better known as Arkan, Serbian career criminal and later a paramilitary leader *

Željko Rebrača Željko Rebrača ( sr-Cyrl, Жељко Ребрача; born 9 April 1972) is a Serbian former professional basketball player and currently the president of KK Vojvodina, Vojvodina basketball club. After playing in Europe and the National Basketba ...

(born 1972), Serbian basketball player * Željko Reiner (born 1953), Croatian physician, politician and professor * Željko Rodić (1952–2016), Croatian footballer *

Željko Rohatinski Željko Rohatinski (3 August 1951 – 12 December 2019) was a Croatian economist who served as Governor of the Croatian National Bank from 2000 to 2012. Early life Rohatinski graduated from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Economics in 1974, ...

(1951–2019), Croatian economist and former Governor of the Croatian National Bank *

Željko Samardžić Željko Samardžić (Cyrillic alphabet, Cyrillic: Жељко Самарџић; born 3 October 1955) is a Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian-Serbian Folk music, folk singer who is popular throughout the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, former ...

(born 1955), Bosnian Serb pop-folk singer * Željko Šašić (born 1969), Serbian pop-folk singer * Željko Savić (born 1988), Bosnian Serb footballer *

Željko Senečić Željko Senečić (18 January 1933 – 2 January 2018) was a Croatian film and television production designer, film director and screenwriter. Senečić studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb, Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts and scenograp ...

(1933–2018), Croatian film and television production designer, film director and screenwriter * Željko Simović (born 1967), Serbian footballer and manager * Željko Sošić (born 1980), Montenegrin director * Željko Sopić (born 1974), Croatian football midfielder * Željko Stinčić (born 1950), Croatian footballer *

Željko Šturanović Željko Šturanović (; 31 January 1960 – 30 June 2014) was a Montenegrin politician who was the Prime Minister of Montenegro from 2006 until his resignation in 2008. Early life Šturanović was born in Nikšić, in what was then the People's ...

(born 1960), Montenegro politician * Zeljko Susa (born 1978), Australian footballer * Željko Sušec (born 1977), Serbian politician * Željko Tadić (born 1974), Montenegrin footballer *

Željko Tanasković Željko Tanasković (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Жељко Танасковић, born 8 July 1967) is a Serbian volleyball player. With Volleyball national team won bronze and silver medals at the European Championships in 1995. ...

(born 1967), Serbian volleyball player * Željko Tomac (born 1956), Croatian handball player * Željko Tomić (born 1985), Croatian footballer * Željko Topalović (born 1972), Serbian hotelier and basketballer *

Željko Topić Željko Topić (born 5 August 1959) is a Croatian civil servant, and a former Vice-President of the European Patent Office (EPO). Before taking up his position at the EPO, he was the Director General of the State Intellectual Property Office (Croat ...

(born 1959), Croatian bureaucrat * Željko Trajković (born 1966), Serbian wrestler *

Željko Turk Željko Turk () (born 25 March 1962 in Zagreb) is the mayor of Zaprešić, a town in Zagreb County, Croatia. Business career Turk began his working career in Regeneracija factory, in town of Zabok. In 1991 he founded his own private company ...

(born 1962), Croatian politician * Željko Vadić (born 1953), Croatian sport shooter * Željko Vasiljević (born 1963), Serbian politician and veteran representative * Željko Veselinović (born 1974), Serbian union leader and politician * Željko Vidović (born 1964), Serbian politician * Željko Vincek (born 1986), Croatian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres * Željko Vuković (footballer, born 1962), Croatian-born Austrian footballer * Željko Vuković (footballer, born 1963), Montenegrin footballer * Željko Zagorac (born 1981), professional basketball player * Željko Zečević (born 1963), Serbian basketball coach * Željko Župetić (born 1967), Croatian footballer

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