Vladimir Durković

Football player infobox
playername = Vladimir Durković


fullname = Vladimir Durković
nickname =
dateofbirth = 6 November, 1937
cityofbirth = Djakovica
countryofbirth = Kingdom of Yugoslavia
dateofdeath = death date and age|1972|6|22|1937|11|6
cityofdeath = Sion
countryofdeath = Switzerland
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1955 - 1966
1966 - 1967
1967 - 1971
1971 - 1972
clubs = flagicon|Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
flagicon|Germany Borussia M'bach
flagicon|France AS Saint-Étienne
flagicon|Switzerland FC Sion
caps(goals) = 177 (7)
10 (0)
116 (0)
25 (0)
nationalyears = 1959-1966
nationalteam = flagicon|Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
nationalcaps(goals) = 50 (0)

Vladimir Durković (Serbian: Владимир Дурковић) (6 November, 1937 – 22 June 1972) was a Yugoslavian defender who was very successful in both clubs and national team.

Capped 50 times by Yugoslavia between 1959 and 1966, Vladimir Durković excelled as a 22-year-old at the first UEFA European Championship, offering defensive solidity and attacking penetration at right-back. Although Yugoslavia finished second in France, Durković won a gold medal at the Rome Olympics the following September. He also wore the No2 shirt at the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile and was an ever-present as Yugoslavia eliminated former winners Uruguay and West Germany and finished fourth. Durković played with FK Crvena Zvezda until he was 28 at which point he moved abroad and made a name for himself with AS Saint-Etienne, winning three French League titles and the Coupe de France twice. He died tragically when mistakenly shot by a policeman in Sion, Switzerland in June 1972 at the age of 36.

Titles

* Olympic gold medalist in 1960
* Euro 1960 runner up
* Division 1 1968 , 1969, 1970 with AS Saint-Etienne
* Coupe de France 1968, 1970 with AS Saint-Etienne

External links

* [http://www.reprezentacija.co.yu/cgi-bin/index.pl?str=igraci&strana=Durkovic_Vladimir Profile on Serbian federation site]
* [http://en.euro2008.uefa.com/history/pastplayers/index.html]