Bora Kostić

{{short description|Serbian footballer (1930-2011)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Bora Kostić

| fullname = Borivoje Kostić

| image = Bora Kostić.jpg

| caption = Bora Kostić in 1965

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|6|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Obrenovac, Kingdom of Yugoslavia

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|1|10|1930|6|14|df=y}}

| death_place = Belgrade, Serbia

| height =

| position = Left winger, centre forward

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Radnički Obrenovac

| years1 = 1951–1961

| clubs1 = Red Star Belgrade

| caps1 = 160

| goals1 = 117

| years2 = 1961–1962

| clubs2 = Vicenza

| caps2 = 7

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 1962–1966

| clubs3 = Red Star Belgrade

| caps3 = 90

| goals3 = 41

| years4 = 1967

| clubs4 = St. Louis Stars

| caps4 = 28

| goals4 = 12

| totalcaps = 285

| totalgoals = 172

| nationalyears1 = 1956–1964

| nationalteam1 = Yugoslavia

| nationalcaps1 = 33

| nationalgoals1 = 26

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

{{MedalCountry | {{YUG}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold | 1960 Rome | Team }}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}

{{MedalSilver | 1960 France | Team }}

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Borivoje "Bora" Kostić ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Бopивoje "Бора" Kocтић}}, {{IPA|sh|kôstitɕ, kǒ-|pron}}; 14 June 1930 – 10 January 2011) was a Serbian footballer. Normally a prolific left winger, Kostić is regarded as one of the finest Yugoslav players of his generation and was well known for his powerful shot and free kick ability. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27922 |title=Bora Kostić |work=Olympedia |access-date=10 December 2021}}

He played for Red Star Belgrade, Lanerossi Vicenza and St. Louis Stars during his club career. He earned 33 caps and 26 goals for the Yugoslavia national football team,{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/joeg-recintlp.html|title=Yugoslavia (Serbia (and Montenegro)) - Record International Players|access-date=11 October 2024|website=RSSSF}} and participated in the 1960 European Nations' Cup.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=11101|title=Bora Kostić, international football player|access-date=11 October 2024|website=EU-football.info}} Kostić was no less prolific at the club level with Red Star Belgrade, for whom he remains to this day the all-time leading marksman with 158 league strikes.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080502111256/http://en.euro2008.uefa.com/history/pastplayers/index.html]