Vico Zeljković
{{Short description|Bosnian Serb businessman and football executive (born 1988)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Vico Zeljković
| image =
| office = President of the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina
| term_start = 16 March 2021
| term_end =
| predecessor = Elvedin Begić
| successor =
| office1 = President of FK Borac Banja Luka
| term_start1 = 19 June 2018
| term_end1 = 6 August 2020
| predecessor1 = Branko Kovačević
| successor1 = Stojan Malbašić
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|11|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Bosanska Gradiška, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
| nationality = Bosnian Serb
| spouse = Nataša Zeljković
| children = 3
| occupation = Football administrator
}}
Vico Zeljković ({{Lang-sr-Cyrl|Вицо Зељковић}}; born 12 November 1988) is a Bosnian Serb businessman and football executive serving as president of the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina since March 2021. He is also president of the Football Association of Republika Srpska.
Zeljković was previously president of FK Borac Banja Luka and worked as a board executive in the Bosnian FA as well.
Career
From 19 June 2018 until 6 August 2020, Zeljković was president of Bosnian Premier League club Borac Banja Luka.{{cite web|url=https://www.fkborac.net/vico-zeljkovic-novi-predsjednik-borca/19/06/2018|title=VICO ZELJKOVIĆ NOVI PREDSJEDNIK BORCA!|date=19 June 2018|access-date=2 July 2020|language=bs|website=fkborac.net}}{{cite web|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/zeljkovic-napustio-borac-skupstina-izabrala-novog-predsjednika/370999|title=Zeljković napustio Borac, Skupština izabrala novog predsjednika|date=6 August 2020|access-date=6 August 2020|language=bs|author=E. Čaušević|publisher=sportsport.ba}} He has served as president of the Football Association of Republika Srpska since 24 January 2020.{{cite web|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/zeljkovic-predsjednik-fsrs-bivsi-premijerligaski-sudija-generalni-sekretar/349205|title=Zeljković predsjednik FSRS, bivši premijerligaški sudija generalni sekretar|date=24 January 2020|access-date=2 July 2020|language=bs|author=A. Pašić|publisher=sportsport.ba}}
On 16 March 2021, Zeljković became the new president of the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina.{{cite web|url=https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/vico-zeljkovic-je-novi-predsjednik-nogometnog-saveza-bih/210316052|title=Vico Zeljković je novi predsjednik Nogometnog saveza BiH|date=16 March 2021|access-date=16 March 2021|language=bs|author=E.B.|publisher=Klix.ba}} Before becoming president, he was a board executive in the Bosnian FA.{{cite web|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/vico-zeljkovic-postao-punopravni-clan-izvrsnog-odbora-nsbih-s-pravom-glasa/373087|title=Vico Zeljković postao punopravni član Izvršnog odbora NSBiH s pravom glasa|date=25 August 2020|access-date=25 August 2020|language=bs|author=E. Čaušević|publisher=sportsport.ba}} Zeljković was re-elected to another four-year term as president of the Bosnian FA in April 2025.{{cite web|url=https://www.oslobodjenje.ba/sport/fudbal/wwin-liga-bih/foto-iznenadenje-ili-ipak-ne-evo-ko-je-izabran-za-predsjednika-i-potpredsjednike-nfs-bih-1035835/|title=Iznenađenje ili ipak ne? Evo ko je izabran za predsjednika i potpredsjednike NFS BiH|date=14 April 2025|access-date=14 April 2025|language=bs|author=N.A.|publisher=Sport1.ba}}
Personal life
Zeljković is the nephew of prominent Bosnian Serb politician Milorad Dodik.{{cite web|url=http://www.ibalkan.net/2018/07/28/digao-na-noge-banjaluku-banjalucki-arkan-je-dodikov-sestric-vico-zeljkovic/|title=DIGAO NA NOGE BANJALUKU: "Banjalučki Arkan je DODIKOV SESTRIĆ, Vico Zeljković…"!?|date=28 July 2018|access-date=2 July 2020|author=Slobodan Vasković|website=ibalkan.net}}
Controversies
In 2016, Zeljković made a Facebook post stating, "We don't need the title because Bosnia is not our country! Republika Srpska! Go, Borac!"{{Cite web |date=2021-01-27 |title=Mrze ga zbog izjave o Republici Srpskoj: U BIH besni zbog novog predsednika Fudbalskog saveza! (FOTO) |url=https://objektiv.rs/vest/486356/mrze-ga-zbog-izjave-o-republici-srpskoj-u-bih-besni-zbog-novog-predsednika-fudbalskog-saveza-foto/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Objektiv |language=sr-RS}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.nfsbih.ba/savez/predsjednik/ Vico Zeljković] at nfsbih.ba
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Category:People from Gradiška, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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