Vladica Kovačević

Vladica Kovačević
Kovačević lining up for Partizan at the 1966 European Cup Final
Personal information
Full name Vladimir Kovačević
Date of birth (1940-01-07)7 January 1940
Place of birth Ivanjica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death 28 July 2016(2016-07-28) (aged 76)
Place of death Belgrade, Serbia
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1955–1958 Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1966 Partizan 151 (73)
1966–1967 Nantes 29 (8)
1967–1969 Partizan 32 (6)
1969–1972 Angers 68 (28)
Total 280 (115)
International career
1960–1965 Yugoslavia 13 (2)
Managerial career
1972–1973 Partizan (assistant)
1981–1983 Lyon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vladimir "Vladica" Kovačević (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир "Владица" Ковачевић, pronounced [ʋlǎdimiːr koʋǎːtʃeʋitɕ]; 7 January 1940 – 28 July 2016) was a Yugoslav and Serbian footballer who played as a forward.