Zlatko Dupovac

Zlatko Dupovac
Personal information
Date of birth (1952-07-14)14 July 1952
Place of birth Sarajevo, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Date of death 3 January 2025(2025-01-03) (aged 72)
Place of death Switzerland
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Sarajevo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1969 Radnik Hadžići 19 (10)
1969–1978 Sarajevo 120 (17)
1972–1973 → Borac Banja Luka (loan) 28 (9)
1978–1979 Brühl SG 24 (8)
1979–1981 St. Gallen 39 (18)
1981–1987 Wettingen 61 (20)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zlatko Dupovac (14 July 1952 – 3 January 2025) was a Yugoslav and Bosnian professional footballer who played as a forward.[1]

Club career

Born in Sarajevo, Dupovac, a graduate of the FK Sarajevo youth system, started his professional career with local minnows, Radnik Hadžići, in 1968. After one season with the club, he transferred back to Sarajevo where he spent nine seasons.[2][3] He spent the 1972–73 season on loan with Borac Banja Luka.[4] In the summer of 1978 he transferred to the Swiss Super League, where he spent the next nine years playing for Brühl SG, St. Gallen and Wettingen, respectively.[5]

Death

Dupovac died on 3 January 2025, at the age of 72.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Zlatko Dupovac". bordovremeplov.ba. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Na današnji dan prije 46 godina: Safet bolji od Seada u prvom duelu braće Sušić". scsport.ba. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Na današnji dan: Jedan od najčudnijih sarajevskih derbija pamti se 44 godine". radiosarajevo.ba. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Država se sjetila legendi, načelnik Općine Centar ugostio veterane FK Sarajevo". reprezentacija.ba. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Das grosse Blick-Interview mit Vladimir Petkovic". blick.ch. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Preminuo Zlatko Dupovac" (in Serbian). nezavisne.com. 4 January 2025. Retrieved 4 January 2025.


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