Vladimir "Vladica" Popović (; 17 March 1935 – 10 August 2020) was a Serbian professional

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and

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. The biggest success in his coaching career was winning the Intercontinental Cup with

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

in 1991.

Playing career

Born in

Zemun Zemun ( sr-cyrl, Земун, ; ) is a Subdivisions of Belgrade, municipality in the city of Belgrade, Serbia. Zemun was a separate town that was absorbed into Belgrade in 1934. It lies on the right bank of the Danube river, upstream from downtown ...

, Popović started playing at local side Jedinstvo but his talent was spotted while he was still very young and giants Red Star Belgrade brought him to their youth team where he will later play for more than a decade becoming team captain and also regular member of the Yugoslavia national team. He was part of the team that won the silver medal at the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December ...

. He earned a total of 20 caps (no goals) and his final international was a June 1965 World Cup qualification match away against

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Managerial career

Popović began coaching football in

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in the 1970s, leading Portuguesa FC, Caracas F.C. and Deportivo Italia. He also managed Colombian sides

Atlético Nacional Atlético Nacional S. A., best known as Atlético Nacional, is a Colombian professional football club based in Medellín. The club is one of only three clubs to have played in every first division tournament in the country's history, the other ...

, Deportivo Cali, and Millonarios as well as the

Peru national football team The Peru national football team (), nicknamed ''La Bicolor'', represents Peru in men's international football. The national team has been organised, since 1927, by the Federación Peruana de Fútbol (). It has been a member of FIFA since 1924 ...

Honours

Player

Club

Red Star Belgrade *

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...

: 1955–56, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1963–64 *

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup (; ; , ), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup (; , and between 1947 and 1991 as the Marshal Tito Cup (; ; ; ), was one of two major association football, football competitions in Socialist Federal Re ...

: 1957–58, 1958–59, 1963–64 *

Mitropa Cup The Mitropa Cup, officially called Coupe de l'Europe Centrale, Mitteleuropäischer Pokal or Central European Cup, was one of the first international major European association football, football cups for club sides. It was conducted among the suc ...

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...

International

Yugoslavia *

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Second place:

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...

Manager

Independiente Santa Fe *

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1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

Atlético Nacional *

1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...

Deportivo Cali *

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...

Napredak Kruševac *

Yugoslav Second League Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna liga,'' Croatian: ''Druga savezna liga'', Serbian: ''Друга савезна лига'', Slovenian: ''Druga zvezna liga'', Macedonian: ''Втора сојузна лига'', ''Vtora sojuzna l ...

(East): 1977–78 Red Star Belgrade *

: 1991–92 * Intercontinental Cup:

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Popovic, Vladimir 1935 births 2020 deaths People from Zemun Footballers from Belgrade Men's association football midfielders Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia 1958 FIFA World Cup players 1962 FIFA World Cup players Red Star Belgrade footballers VfB Stuttgart players Stuttgarter Kickers players Yugoslav First League players Bundesliga players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in West Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Venezuela Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela Yugoslav football managers Serbia and Montenegro football managers 1993 Copa América managers Deportivo Italia managers Independiente Santa Fe managers Atlético Nacional managers Deportivo Cali managers Portuguesa F.C. managers FK Napredak Kruševac managers KF Trepça managers FK Borac Banja Luka managers Red Star Belgrade managers Peru national football team managers Millonarios F.C. managers Caracas F.C. managers Venezuelan Primera División managers Yugoslav First League managers Categoría Primera A managers Yugoslav expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Venezuela Expatriate football managers in Colombia Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Serbia and Montenegro expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Peru Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Peru Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela Red Star Belgrade non-playing staff