Josip Zemko (13 March 1946 — 11 April 2017) was a Yugoslav football manager and player.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 March 1946 | ||
| Place of birth |
Subotica, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia | ||
| Date of death | 11 April 2017 (aged 71) | ||
| Place of death | Subotica, Serbia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1959–1962 | Zvezda Subotica | ||
| 1962–1963 | Spartak Subotica | ||
| 1963–1966 | Željezničar | 66 | (0) |
| 1966–1972 | Vojvodina | 151 | (2) |
| 1972–1973 | Majdanpek | ||
| 1973–1974 | Bačka Subotica | ||
| International career | |||
| 1965 | Yugoslavia | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1974–1977 | Bačka Subotica | ||
| Spartak Subotica | |||
| 2008 | Bačka Subotica (youth) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editZemko played a total of 74 matches for Željezničar.[1]
International career
editHe was one of the best Yugoslav defenders in the 1960s. In 1963, he started playing for the first team and very soon he became a candidate for the Yugoslavia national team. He had collected three caps before he broke a leg in 1966. He never managed to reach the same level of play he was showing before the injury.
Zemko made his debut for Yugoslavia in a September 1965 friendly match away against the Soviet Union and earned a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was an October 1965 World Cup qualification match away against France.[2]
Managerial career
editAfter having coached several clubs in Serbia, he was coaching youth teams at FK Bačka 1901.
References
edit- ^ U 71. godini preminuo bivši fudbaler Želje Josip Zemko - FK Željezničar (in Bosnian)
- ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
External links
edit- Josip Zemko at National-Football-Teams.com
- Josip Zemko at EU-Football.info
- Josip Zemko at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
- Profile and career story at FK Bačka 1901 official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 July 2011)
