Vladimir Durković (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Дурковић; 6 November 1937 – 22 June 1972) was a Serbian footballer who played as a defender.[1] He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[2]
Durković played with Red Star Belgrade until he was 28 at which point he moved abroad and made a name for himself with Saint-Étienne, winning three Ligue 1 titles and the Coupe de France twice.
Capped 50 times by Yugoslavia between 1959 and 1966,[3] 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 number two 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. His final international was a June 1966 friendly match against Bulgaria.[4]
He died when shot by a drunken policeman in Sion, Switzerland in June 1972 at the age of 34. The police officer was later sentenced to nine years prison of which he served seven years.[5][6]
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