Milorad Popović

Milorad Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Милорад Пoпoвић) (born 18 January 1979 in Ruma – died 19 July 2006 in Ruma) 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]

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 FK 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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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

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


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