Danilo Popivoda
Slovenian footballer (1947–2021)
 Popivoda in the 1970s | |||
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| Full name | Danilo Popivoda | ||
| Date of birth | (1947-05-01)1 May 1947 | ||
| Place of birth | Lovćenac, PR Serbia, Yugoslavia | ||
| Date of death | 9 September 2021(2021-09-09) (aged 74) | ||
| Place of death | Bijela, Montenegro | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward, right winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1964–1965 | Olimpija | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1965–1975 | Olimpija | 226 | (58) |
| 1975–1981 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 129 | (30) |
| 1981–1982 | Olimpija | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 356 | (88) | |
| International career | |||
| 1972–1977 | Yugoslavia | 20 | (5) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1998–2002 | Slovenia (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Danilo Popivoda (Serbian Cyrillic: Данило Попивода; 1 May 1947 – 9 September 2021) was a football player and manager.
On the international level he played for the Yugoslavia national team (20 matches and five goals)[1] and was a participant at the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He also participated at the UEFA Euro 1976, where he scored a goal in a match against West Germany.[2] His final international was a November 1977 World Cup qualification match against Spain.[3]
During the 1945–1990 period, Popivoda was among a handful of Slovenian players, along with Branko Oblak and Srečko Katanec, who managed to get into the Yugoslavia national team.
References
- ^ "Yugoslavia (Serbia (and Montenegro)) - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "Popivoda Danilo". reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ "Danilo Popivoda, international football player". EU-football. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
External links
- Danilo Popivoda at WorldFootball.net
- Danilo Popivoda at National-Football-Teams.com
- Danilo Popivoda at FBref.com
- Danilo Popivoda at EU-Football.info
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1976–77 kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season
- GK: Nigbur
- DF: Kaltz
- DF: Vogts
- DF: Beckenbauer
- DF: Zimmermann
- MF: Flohe
- MF: Popivoda
- MF: Simonsen
- MF: Bonhof
- FW: Frank
- FW: Hölzenbein
Yugoslavia squad – 1974 FIFA World Cup | ||
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Yugoslavia squad – UEFA Euro 1976 fourth place | ||
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