Milorad Popović (
Serbian Cyrillic
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: Милорад Поповић; 18 January 1979 – 19 July 2006) was a Serbian
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
defender who played for
OFK Beograd
OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club'') is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade, more precisely in Karaburm ...
during most of his career. Popović also played two seasons in Germany for
1. FC Nürnberg and
Karlsruher SC
Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. Domestically, the club was crowned German champion in 1909, and won the DF ...
.
Popović died in Ruma from testicular cancer at the age of 27 years. He was survived by his wife and daughter.
References
External links
Milorad Popovićat B92
at Srbijafudbal
1979 births
2006 deaths
Association football defenders
Serbian footballers
1. FC Nürnberg players
Karlsruher SC players
OFK Beograd players
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
Expatriate footballers in Germany
Deaths from cancer in Serbia
Deaths from testicular cancer
People from Ruma
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