Milorad Popović

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Milorad Popović
Personal information
Full name Milorad Popović
Date of birth (1979-01-18)18 January 1979
Place of birth Ruma, SFR Yugoslavia
Date of death 19 July 2006(2006-07-19) (aged 27)
Place of death Ruma, Serbia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1998 Sloven Ruma
1998–2002 OFK Beograd 73 (5)
2002–2003 1. FC Nürnberg 23 (0)
2003–2004 Karlsruher SC 16 (1)
2004–2005 OFK Beograd 7 (0)
Total 119 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Milorad Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Милорад Поповић; 18 January 1979 – 19 July 2006) was a Serbian football defender who played for OFK Beograd during most of his career. Popović also played two seasons in Germany for 1. FC Nürnberg and Karlsruher SC.[1]

Popović died in Ruma from testicular cancer at the age of 27 years. He was survived by his wife and daughter.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Popovic, Milorad" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  2. ^ ""Club" trauert um Ex-Spieler Popovic". Handelsblatt (in German). 24 July 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2012.

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