Borivoje "Bora" Kostić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бopивoje "Бора" Kocтић, pronounced [kôstitɕ, kǒ-]; 14 June 1930 – 10 January 2011) was a Serbian footballer. Normally a prolific left winger, Kostić is regarded as one of the finest Yugoslav players of his generation and was well known for his powerful shot and free kick ability. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[1]
 Bora Kostić in 1965 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Borivoje Kostić | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 14 June 1930 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Obrenovac, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 10 January 2011 (aged 80) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Belgrade, Serbia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left winger, centre forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radnički Obrenovac | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1951–1961 | Red Star Belgrade | 160 | (117) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1961–1962 | Vicenza | 7 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1962–1966 | Red Star Belgrade | 90 | (41) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1967 | St. Louis Stars | 28 | (12) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 285 | (172) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956–1964 | Yugoslavia | 33 | (26) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
He played for Red Star Belgrade, Lanerossi Vicenza and St. Louis Stars during his club career. He earned 33 caps and 26 goals for the Yugoslavia national football team, and participated in the 1960 European Nations' Cup. Kostić was no less prolific at the club level with Red Star Belgrade, for whom he remains to this day the all-time leading marksman with 158 league strikes.[1]
Honours edit
- Red Star Belgrade
- Yugoslav First League: 1955–56, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1963–64
- Yugoslav Cup: 1957–58, 1958–59, 1963–64
- Mitropa Cup: 1958
- Yugoslavia
- UEFA European Championship: runner-up 1960
- Olympic gold medalist in 1960
- Individual
- UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1960[2]
- Yugoslav First League top scorer: 1958–59, 1959–60
References edit
- ^ "Bora Kostić". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "1960 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
External links edit
- Bora Kostić at National-Football-Teams.com
- Bora Kostić at FootballDatabase.eu
- Bora Kostić at WorldFootball.net
- Bora Kostić at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
- Profile at Serbia national football team page