Danilo Popivoda
Danilo Popivoda (Serbian Cyrillic: Данило Попивода; 1 May 1947 – 9 September 2021) was a football player and manager.
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Popivoda in the 1970s | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Danilo Popivoda | ||
| Date of birth | 1 May 1947 | ||
| Place of birth | Lovćenac, PR Serbia, Yugoslavia | ||
| Date of death | 9 September 2021 (aged 74) | ||
| Place of death | Bijela, Montenegro | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward, right winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1964–1965 | Olimpija | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1965–1975 | Olimpija | 226 | (58) |
| 1975–1981 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 129 | (30) |
| 1981–1982 | Olimpija | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 356 | (88) | |
| International career | |||
| 1972–1977 | Yugoslavia | 20 | (5) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1998–2002 | Slovenia (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
On the international level he played for the Yugoslavia national team (20 matches and five goals) and was a participant at the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He also participated at the UEFA Euro 1976, where he scored a goal in a match against West Germany. His final international was a November 1977 World Cup qualification match against Spain.
During the 1945–1990 period, Popivoda was among a handful of Slovenian players, along with Branko Oblak and Srečko Katanec, who managed to get into the Yugoslavia national team.
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