Slobodan Petrović | |
Fullname: | Slobodan Petrović |
Birth Date: | 2 October 1948 |
Birth Place: | Belgrade, FPR Yugoslavia |
Position: | Midfielder |
Youthclubs1: | Partizan |
Years1: | 1966–1972 |
Years2: | 1972–1979 |
Clubs1: | Partizan |
Clubs2: | Nürnberg |
Caps1: | 98 |
Caps2: | 175 |
Goals1: | 10 |
Goals2: | 23 |
Slobodan Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Петровић; born 2 October 1948) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a midfielder.[1]
He was also known as Dane Petrović.[2]
Petrović was born in Belgrade on 2 October 1948.[1] He became a member of the pioneer team of Partizan at the age of six where he was coached by Florijan Matekalo. He has a brother, Miodrag, who also played for Partizan.[3] At the age of seventeen, he made his debut for the first team of Partizan against Radnički in Niš. He played a total of 209 matches for the club.[3] He continued his career in Nürnberg, for which he played about 400 matches overall in seven seasons and was the first foreign captain of a German team.[2]
After the end of his playing career, he went into business and owns and operates a chicken farm.[2]