Vladica Kovačević

For the Montenegrin military officer, see Vladimir Kovačević.

Vladica Kovačević
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
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1959–1966	Partizan Belgrade	151	(73)
1966–1967	Nantes	29	(8)
1967–1970	Partizan Belgrade	32	(6)
1970–1972	Angers	68	(28)
National team
1960–1965	Yugoslavia	13	(2)
Teams managed
1981–1983	Lyon
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Vladimir "Vladica" Kovačević (Serbian Cyrillic: Bлaдимиp Bлaдицa Koвaчeвић; 7 January 1940 – 28 July 2016) was a Serbian footballer who played as a striker.

Career

Kovačević had a successful playing career in both SFR Yugoslavia with FK Partizan, and in France with FC Nantes and Angers SCO. With Partizan, he was the European Cup Top Goal Scorer during the 1963-64 season with 7 goals, alongside Sandro Mazzola of Inter, and Ferenc Puskas of Real Madrid, and he reached the 1966 European Cup Final with the club.^[1]

At International level, he played at the FIFA World Cup 1962 for SFR Yugoslavia, finishing the tournament in fourth place. He later coached Olympique Lyonnais after retiring.

References

↑ Marcel Haisma; Antonio Zea (9 January 2008). "European Champions' Cup and Fairs' Cup 1963-64 - Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 April 2015.

External links

Profile on Serbian federation site
Vladica Kovačević at National-Football-Teams.com
weltfussball
Vladica Kovačević – FIFA competition record

UEFA Champions League top scorers

European Cup	1955–56: Milutinović 1956–57: Viollet 1957–58: Di Stéfano 1958–59: Fontaine 1959–60: Puskás 1960–61: J. Águas 1961–62: Di Stéfano, Løfqvist, Puskás, Strehl & Tejada 1962–63: Altafini 1963–64: Kovačević, Mazzola & Puskás 1964–65: Eusébio & Torres 1965–66: Albert & Eusébio 1966–67: Piepenburg & Van Himst 1967–68: Eusébio 1968–69: Law 1969–70: Jones 1970–71: Antoniadis 1971–72: Dunai, Macari & Takač 1972–73: Müller 1973–74: Müller 1974–75: Müller & Markarov 1975–76: Heynckes 1976–77: Cucinotta & Müller 1977–78: Simonsen 1978–79: Sulser 1979–80: Lerby 1980–81: McDermott, Rummenigge & Souness 1981–82: Hoeneß 1982–83: Rossi 1983–84: Sokol 1984–85: Nilsson & Platini 1985–86: Nilsson 1986–87: Cvetković 1987–88: R. Águas, Ferreri, Hagi, Madjer, McCoist, Míchel & Novák 1988–89: Van Basten 1989–90: Papin & Romário 1990–91: Pacult & Papin 1991–92: Papin & Yuran

UEFA Champions League	1992–93: Romário 1993–94: Koeman & Rufer 1994–95: Weah 1995–96: Litmanen 1996–97: Pantić 1997–98: Del Piero 1998–99: Shevchenko & Yorke 1999–2000: Jardel, Raúl & Rivaldo 2000–01: Raúl 2001–02: Van Nistelrooy 2002–03: Van Nistelrooy 2003–04: Morientes 2004–05: Van Nistelrooy 2005–06: Shevchenko 2006–07: Kaká 2007–08: C. Ronaldo 2008–09: Messi 2009–10: Messi 2010–11: Messi 2011–12: Messi 2012–13: C. Ronaldo 2013–14: C. Ronaldo 2014–15: Neymar, C. Ronaldo & Messi 2015–16: C. Ronaldo

Yugoslavia squad – 1962 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place

1 Šoškić 2 Durković 3 Jusufi 4 Radaković 5 Marković 6 Popović 7 Anković 8 Šekularac 9 Jerković 10 Galić (c) 11 Skoblar 12 Krivokuća 13 Svinjarević 14 Šijaković 15 Matuš 16 Mujić 17 Melić 18 Kovačević 19 Stojanović 20 Nikolić 21 Stipić 22 Ivoš Coach: Lovrić & Mihajlović

Olympique Lyonnais – managers

Limbeck (1931–3x)
Duckworth (1945–46)
Heisserer (1950–54)
Darui (1954–55)
Troupel (1955–59)
Robert (1959–61)
Fernandez (1961–62)
Jasseron (1962–66)
Hon (1966–68)
Mignot (1968–76)
Jacquet (1976–80)
Destrumelle (1980–81)
Kovačević (1981–83)
Herbin (1983–85)
Nouzaret (1985–87)
Papas (1987–88)
Le Borgne (1988)
Domenech (1988–93)
Tigana (1993–95)
Stéphan (1995–96)
Lacombe (1996–2000)
Santini (2000–02)
Le Guen (2002–05)
Houllier (2005–07)
Perrin (2007–08)
Puel (2008–11)
Garde (2011–14)
Fournier (2014–15)
Génésio (2015–)

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