Vladimir Matijević (footballer)

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Vladimir Matijević

Personal information
Date of birth	(1957-01-02)2 January 1957
Place of birth	Mostar, FPR Yugoslavia
Date of death	8 July 2015(2015-07-08) (aged 58)
Position(s)	Defender/Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1974–1987	Velež Mostar	271	(29)
International career
1980–1984	Yugoslavia	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vladimir Matijević (2 January 1957 – 8 July 2015) was a Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player. He earned three caps for Yugoslavia.

Club career

He spent his entire career with hometown club Velež Mostar, captained them and won two Yugoslav Cups with Velež.

International career

Dada Matijević made his debut for Yugoslavia in a March 1980 Balkan Cup match against Romania and has earned a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a September 1984 friendly match away against Scotland.

Personal life and death

After retiring as a player, he had a bar in Mostar. He died of a long illness in 2015.

Honours

• Yugoslav Cup: 2

1981, 1986

External links

• Vladimir Matijević at National-Football-Teams.com
• Vladimir Matijević at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
• Vladimir Matijević at Olympics.com
• Vladimir Matijević at Olympedia (archive)