Josip Zemko Explained

Josip Zemko
Birth Date:13 March 1946
Birth Place:Subotica, PR Serbia,
FPR Yugoslavia
Death Place:Subotica, Serbia
Height:178 cm
Position:Defender
Years1:1959–1962
Years2:1962–1963
Years3:1963–1966
Years4:1966–1972
Years5:1972–1973
Years6:1973–1974
Clubs1:Zvezda Subotica
Clubs2:Spartak Subotica
Clubs3:Željezničar
Clubs4:Vojvodina
Clubs5:Majdanpek
Clubs6:Bačka Subotica
Caps3:66
Caps4:151
Goals3:0
Goals4:2
Nationalyears1:1965
Nationalteam1:Yugoslavia
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:0
Manageryears1:1974–1977
Managerclubs1:Bačka Subotica
Managerclubs2:Spartak Subotica
Manageryears3:2008
Managerclubs3:Bačka Subotica (youth)

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

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.

Notes and References

  1. https://fkzeljeznicar.ba/u-71-godini-preminuo-bivsi-fudbaler-zelje-josip-zemko/25845/ U 71. godini preminuo bivši fudbaler Želje Josip Zemko
  2. Web site: Player Database. 22 April 2023. EU-football.