Josip Zemko

Josip Zemko (13 March 1946 — 11 April 2017) was a Yugoslav football manager and player.

Josip Zemko
Personal information
Date of birth (1946-03-13)March 13, 1946
Place of birth Subotica, PR Serbia,
FPR Yugoslavia
Date of death 11 April 2017(2017-04-11) (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

Zemko played a total of 74 matches for Željezničar.[1]

International career

He 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

After having coached several clubs in Serbia, he was coaching youth teams at FK Bačka 1901.

References
  1. U 71. godini preminuo bivši fudbaler Želje Josip Zemko - FK Željezničar (in Bosnian)
  2. "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 22 April 2023.

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