Petar Radenković Explained

Petar Radenković
Birth Date:1 October 1934
Birth Place:Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Height:1.87 m
Position:Goalkeeper
Youthyears1:1949–1951
Youthclubs1:Šumadija
Youthyears2:1951–1952
Youthclubs2:Red Star Belgrade
Years1:1952
Clubs1:Red Star Belgrade
Caps1:1
Goals1:0
Years2:1952–1960
Clubs2:OFK Beograd
Caps2:96
Goals2:0
Years3:1961–1962
Clubs3:Wormatia Worms
Caps3:13
Goals3:1
Years4:1962–1970
Clubs4:TSV 1860 Munich
Caps4:245
Goals4:0
Totalcaps:355
Totalgoals:1
Nationalyears1:1956
Nationalteam1:Yugoslavia
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:0

Petar Radenković (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Paдeнкoвић; born 1 October 1934) is a retired Serbian football goalkeeper who also played for the Yugoslavia national team.[1] He also goes by the name Perica. He is mostly known for his spell with TSV 1860 Munich in Germany, during which he participated, among others, in the inaugural season of the newly formed Bundesliga.

Radenković is also known for recording the song Bin i Radi — bin i König in 1965; the record sold more than 400,000 copies in West Germany.[2] [3] His younger brother Milan Radenković was a musician in the United States. His father was also a singer in the U.S., performing as Rasha (or Rascha) Rodell.[4]

The player is currently the last living member of the Yugoslavia national football team of the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Honours

TSV 1860 Munich

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Petar Radenković . Olympedia . 1 December 2021.
  2. Web site: Radi: "Ich habe meine Pflicht getan" . Radi: "I carried out my duties" . German . tz . 30 September 2009 . 3 January 2013.
  3. Book: Hesse . Uli . The Three Lives of the Kaiser . 2023 . Simon and Schuster . 9781471189111 . ..this was really 1860 Munich's year, especially that of their charismatic Belgrade-born goalkeeper Petar 'Radi' Radenković... Bin i Radi — bin i König.. it sold more than 400,000 copies in West Germany, rose to number five and stayed in the charts for fourteen weeks.. his younger brother was having some success in the United States as a wild garage rocker using the moniker Milan the Leather Boy...
  4. Web site: Hesse . Uli . Petar Radenkovic: The original Bundesliga superstar . ESPN . September 29, 2014.