Borivoje Đorđević ( sr-cyrl, Боривоје Ђорђевић; born 2 August 1948) is a Serbian former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

While playing in Partizan, Đorđević was known for his excellent assists and as an extraordinary playmaker. For a full decade there, he played a total of 322 matches and scored 50 goals. Afterwards, he decided to play the rest of his career abroad. First, he played for

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club based in the City of Athens. Panathinaikos is one of the mos ...

from 1975 to 1978 winning the Greek championship, the Greek cup in 1977 and the Balkan cup, and then, he opted to play in German club

Eintracht Trier SV Eintracht-Trier 05 e. V., commonly known as Eintracht Trier (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club was established on 11 March 1948 through the merger of Westmark 05 Trier ...

where he finished his playing career in 1980.

International career

Đorđević played for the Yugoslavia national team in all its youth levels and, in all but the seniors, archived to be the team captain. He played for the Yugoslavia senior national team nine matches, and his highest moment was the participation at

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. His debut was on 12 November 1967 in Belgrade against Albania (a 4–0 win) and his last match was on 21 April 1971, in Novi Sad, in a friendly against Romania (1–0 loss).

Honours

Partizan * European Champions Cup finalist:

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Yugoslavia *

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1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

Panathinaikos *

Greek Championship The Super League Greece 1 (), or Stoiximan Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Greece and the highest level of the Greek football league system. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and repl ...

: 1976–77 *

Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup (), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Betsson Greek Cup for sponsorship reasons is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second-most important domestic men's footba ...

: 1977 *

Balkan Cup The Balkan Cup (officially ''Coupe Balkanique de Football'') was an international association football competition contested on and off from 1929 to 1980 by countries from the Balkans region. The most successful team was Romania with four titles. ...

: 1977

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dordevic, Borivoje 1948 births Living people Footballers from Belgrade Men's association football midfielders Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers UEFA Euro 1968 players FK Partizan players Panathinaikos F.C. players SV Eintracht Trier 05 players Yugoslav First League players Super League Greece players 2. Bundesliga players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in West Germany