:Vladimir Durković

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Vladimir Durković

| image =

| fullname = Vladimir Durković

| birth_date = {{birth-date|6 November 1937}}

| birth_place = Đakovica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia

| death_date = {{death date and age|1972|6|22|1937|11|6|df=yes}}

| death_place = Sion, Switzerland

| height = {{height|m=1.77|precision=0}}

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Napredak Kruševac

| years1 = 1954–1955

| clubs1 = Napredak Kruševac

| caps1 = 9

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 1955–1966

| clubs2 = Red Star Belgrade

| caps2 = 177

| goals2 = 7

| years3 = 1966–1967

| clubs3 = Borussia M'gladbach

| caps3 = 10

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1967–1971

| clubs4 = Saint-Étienne

| caps4 = 116

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1971–1972

| clubs5 = Sion

| caps5 = 25

| goals5 = 0

| totalcaps = 337

| totalgoals = 7

| nationalyears1 = 1959–1966

| nationalteam1 = Yugoslavia

| nationalcaps1 = 50

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's Football}}

{{MedalCountry | {{YUG}} }}

}}

Vladimir Durković (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Дурковић; 6 November 1937 – 22 June 1972) was a Serbian football defender.{{cite web | url = http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/vladimir-durkovic/ | title = Vladimir Durković | publisher = worldfootball.net | access-date = 13 July 2013}} He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27899 |title=Vladimir Durković |work=Olympedia |access-date=10 December 2021}}

Career

=Club career=

Durković played with Red Star Belgrade until he was 28 at which point he moved abroad and made a name for himself with AS Saint-Étienne, winning three French League titles and the Coupe de France twice.

=International career=

Capped 50 times by Yugoslavia between 1959 and 1966,{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/joeg-recintlp.html|title=Yugoslavia (Serbia (and Montenegro)) - Record International Players|access-date=15 July 2024|website=RSSSF}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=5174|title=Vladimir Durković, international football player|access-date=15 July 2024|website=EU-football.info}}

Death

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 9 years prison of which he served 7 years.{{cite web | url=https://www.sport1.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/2022/06/bundesliga-ex-gladbach-profi-vladimir-durkovic-wird-1972-von-polizisten-in-sion-erschossen | title=Bundesliga: Ex-Gladbach-Profi Vladimir Durkovic wird 1972 von Polizisten in Sion erschossen | date=22 June 2022 }}{{cite web | url = http://www.rp-online.de/sport/fussball/bundesliga/das-traurigste-archiv-der-bundesliga-1.1714447 | title = Das traurigste Archiv der Bundesliga |trans-title=The saddest archive of the Bundesliga | language = de | publisher = rp-online.de | date = 8 March 2010 | access-date = 13 July 2013 | first = Roland | last = Leroi}}

Honours

;Red Star Belgrade

Yugoslav First League: 1955–56, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1963–64
Yugoslav Cup: 1957–58, 1958–59, 1963–64
Mitropa Cup: 1958

;AS Saint-Etienne

Ligue 1: 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70
Coupe de France: 1967–68, 1969–70

;Yugoslavia

UEFA European Championship: runner-up 1960
Olympic gold medalist in 1960

;Individual

UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1960{{cite news|date=1 February 2011|title=1960 team of the tournament|work=Union of European Football Associations|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/0253-0d7f20bc921c-495824f652eb-1000--euro-1960-team-of-the-tournament/?iv=true|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724121103/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/0253-0d7f20bc921c-495824f652eb-1000--euro-1960-team-of-the-tournament/?iv=true|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 July 2020|access-date=14 May 2020}}