Ivan Ćurković

Football player infobox
playername = Ivan Ćurković


fullname = Ivan Ćurković
nickname =
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|df=yes|1944|3|15
cityofbirth = Mostar
countryofbirth = DF Yugoslavia
currentclub =
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears = N/A
youthclubs = N/A
years = 1960 - 1964
1964 - 1972
1972 - 1981
clubs = Velez Mostar
FK Partizan
AS Saint-Étienne
caps(goals) = 87 (0)
201 (0)
303 (0)
nationalyears = 1963-1970
nationalteam = Yugoslavia
nationalcaps(goals) = 19 (0)

Ivan Ćurković (born 15 March 1944 in Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia), had a professional goalkeeping career and was the president of the Partizan Belgrade football club and the president of the Serbia and Montenegro olympic committee. He is also a former co-coach of the Serbia and Montenegro national football team.

Ćurković was a goalie of outstanding quality who played for Saint-Étienne during the 1970s and early 1980s and was instrumental in the successful runs of Étienne's football club to the top of the French League and to the finals of the European Cup in the 1975-76 season. Ćurković played alongside French legend Michel Platini from 1978 to 1981.

Administrative career

From 1989 until 2006, Curkovic was president of FK Partizan. Currently, he is the president of Serbian Olympic Committee.

External links

* [http://www.fifa.com/en/organisation/insidefifa/index/0,4351,110398,00.html?articleid=110398 Ivan Ćurković awarded French Légion d'Honneur by former teammate Michel Platini]
* [http://www.reprezentacija.co.yu/cgi-bin/index.pl?str=igraci&strana=Curkovic_Ivan Profile on Serbian federation site]