Bogić Popović

Bogić Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Богић Поповић, born 10 March 1974[1]) is a former Serbian footballer.

Bogić Popović
Personal information
Full name Bogić Popović
Date of birth (1974-03-10) 10 March 1974
Place of birth Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2000 Hajduk Beograd
1999–2000 OFK Beograd 1 (0)
2000 Hammarby IF 1 (0)
2000–2001 Železničar Beograd 6 (1)
2001–2005 Hajduk Beograd 90 (56)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Hajduk Belgrade

In the 1999–00 Hajduk Belgrade season, Popović scored 14 goals in the 1999–2000 First League of FR Yugoslavia.[2] Tall and heavy, he made use of his physical characteristics in order to become a prolific goalscorer in the First and Second leagues of FR Yugoslavia.[3]

Hammarby IF

After seeing video tapes of Popović and fellow Yugoslav player Dragan Vasiljevic, Hammarby bought the two players, Popović for 4 million kronor. Popović played one match for Hammarby IF, the 0–1 loss against GIF Sundsvall in the 2000 Allsvenskan première.[1] After argues with Hammarby coach Sören Cratz, he left Hammarby in June 2000.[4]

By summer 2012 he was the director of the youth sections of Hajduk Beograd[3] and still holding that post by March 2015.[5]

References
  1. "altomfotball.no: Bogic Popovic - Hammarby - Allsvenskan, 2000".
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-22. Retrieved 2014-08-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. KAD JE NEŠTO NAJ: Najdeblji fudbaleri at mozzartsport, 26-12-2012, retrieved 4-12-2014 (in Serbian)
  4. "Aftonbladet sport: Popovic sparkas".
  5. Mlade kategorije (youth sections) at FK Hajduk Beograd official website, retrieved 1-3-2015 (in Serbian)
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