Vladimir Durković

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Vladimir Durković
Full name	Vladimir Durković
Date of birth	6 November 1937
Place of birth	Djakovica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death	June 22, 1972 (aged 34)
Place of death	Sion, Switzerland
Playing position	Defender
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1955 - 1966 1966 - 1967 1967 - 1971 1971 - 1972	Red Star Belgrade Borussia M'bach AS Saint-Étienne FC Sion	177 (7) 10 (0) 116 (0) 25 (0)
National team
1959-1966	Yugoslavia	50 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Men's football
Olympic medal record
Gold	1960 Rome	Team

Vladimir Durković (Serbian: Владимир Дурковић) (born 6 November 1937, died 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.

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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

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v • d • e Yugoslavia squad - 1962 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place

1 Šoškić • 2 Durković • 3 Jusufi • 4 Radaković • 5 Marković • 6 Popović • 7 Anković • 8 Šekularac • 9 Jerković • 10 Galić • 11 Skoblar • 12 Krivokuća • 13 Svinjarević • 14 Šijaković • 15 Matuš • 16 Mujić • 17 Melić • 18 Kovačević • 19 Stojanović • 20 Nikolić • 21 Stipić • 22 Ivoš • Coach: Lovrić & Mihajlović