Danilo Popivoda | |
Fullname: | Danilo Popivoda |
Birth Date: | 1 May 1947 |
Birth Place: | Lovćenac, PR Serbia, Yugoslavia |
Death Place: | Bijela, Montenegro |
Height: | 1.71 m |
Position: | Forward, right winger |
Youthyears1: | 1964–1965 |
Youthclubs1: | Olimpija Ljubljana |
Years1: | 1965–1975 |
Clubs1: | Olimpija Ljubljana |
Caps1: | 226 |
Goals1: | 58 |
Years2: | 1975–1981 |
Clubs2: | Eintracht Braunschweig |
Caps2: | 129 |
Goals2: | 30 |
Years3: | 1981–1982 |
Clubs3: | Olimpija Ljubljana |
Caps3: | 1 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 356 |
Totalgoals: | 88 |
Nationalyears1: | 1972–1977 |
Nationalteam1: | Yugoslavia |
Nationalcaps1: | 20 |
Nationalgoals1: | 5 |
Manageryears1: | 1998–2002 |
Managerclubs1: | Slovenia (assistant) |
Danilo Popivoda (Serbian: Данило Попивода; 1 May 1947 – 9 September 2021) was a football player and manager.
On the international level he played for the Yugoslavia national team (20 matches and five goals)[1] 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.[2] His final international was a November 1977 World Cup qualification match against Spain.[3]
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.