Danilo Popivoda

Danilo Popivoda
Popivoda in the 1970s
Personal information
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)
National team
1972–1977 Yugoslavia 20 (5)
Teams managed
1998–2002 Slovenia (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Danilo Popivoda (Serbian Cyrillic: Данило Попивода; 1 May 1947 – 9 September 2021) was a Slovenian[1][2] footballer and manager. He played for the Yugoslavia national team twenty times between 1972 until 1977. He played for the team during the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He was born in Lovćenac, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Popivoda died on 9 September 2021 in Bijela, Montenegro at the age of 74.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Dawn of a golden age". UEFA.com. 5 January 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Team Profile: Slovenia". ESPN Soccernet. 10 November 2009. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  3. ↑ Umrl Danilo Popivoda, legenda Olimpije in slovenskega nogometa (in Slovene)