Bogić Popović

Bogić Popović
Personal information
Full nameBogić Popović
Date of birth10 March 1974
Place of birthBelgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1 12 in)
Playing positionForward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–2000Hajduk Beograd
1999–2000OFK Beograd1(0)
2000Hammarby IF1(0)
2000–2001Železničar Beograd6(1)
2001–2005Hajduk Beograd90(56)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Bogić Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Богић Поповић, born 10 March 1974[1]) is a former Serbian footballer.

Career

Hajduk Belgrade

In the 1999–00 Hajduk Belgrade season, Popović scored 14 goals in the 1999–2000 First League of FR Yugoslavia.[2] Tall and heavy, he made use of his physical characteristics in order to become a prolific goalscorer in the First and Second leagues of FR Yugoslavia.[3]

Hammarby IF

After seeing video tapes of Popović and fellow Yugoslav player Dragan Vasiljevic, Hammarby bought the two players, Popović for 4 million krona. Popović played one match for Hammarby IF, the 0–1 loss against GIF Sundsvall in the 2000 Allsvenskan première.[1] After argues with Hammarby coach Sören Cratz, he left Hammarby in June 2000.[4]

By summer 2012 he was the director of the youth sections of Hajduk Beograd[3] and still holding that post by March 2015.[5]

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