Bora Kostić
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Full name | Borivoje Kostić | ||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 14 June 1930 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Obrenovac, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Belgrade, Serbia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward/Left Winger | ||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||
Radnički Obrenovac | |||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||
1951–1961 | Red Star Belgrade | 160 | (117) | ||||||||||||||||||
1961–1962 | Vicenza Calcio | 7 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||
1962–1966 | Red Star Belgrade | 90 | (41) | ||||||||||||||||||
1967 | St. Louis Stars | 28 | (12) | ||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||
1956–1964 | Yugoslavia | 33 | (26) | ||||||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Borivoje "Bora" Kostić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бopивoje Kocтић; 14 June 1930 – 10 January 2011) was a former Serbian footballer. Normally a prolific left winger, Kostić is regarded as one of finest Yugoslav players of his generation and was well known for powerful shot and free kick ability.
During his club career he played for Red Star Belgrade, Lanerossi Vicenza and St. Louis Stars. He earned 33 caps and 26 goals for the Yugoslavia national football team, and participated in the 1960 European Nations' Cup. Kostić was no less prolific at the club level with Red Star Belgrade, for whom he remains to this day the all-time leading marksman with 158 league strikes.[1]
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- 1930 births
- 2011 deaths
- People from Obrenovac
- Serbian footballers
- Serbian expatriate footballers
- Yugoslav footballers
- Yugoslavia international footballers
- 1960 European Nations' Cup players
- Red Star Belgrade footballers
- Vicenza Calcio players
- St. Louis Stars (soccer) players
- Yugoslav First League players
- National Professional Soccer League (1967) players
- Serie A players
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Olympic footballers of Yugoslavia
- Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia
- Olympic medalists in football