Željko (), sometimes written Zeljko, is a South Slavic masculine given name.
In
Croatia
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, the name Željko was among the most common masculine given names in the decades between 1950 and 1979, and was the most common name in the 1960s.
Notable people with the name include:
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Željko Adžić (born 1965), Croatian footballer
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Zeljko Babic (born 1976), Australian association football player
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Željko Bebek
Želimir "Željko" Bebek (born 16 December 1945) is a Bosnian and Croatian vocalist and musician most notable for being the lead singer of former Yugoslav rock band Bijelo Dugme from 1974 to 1984. He also has a successful career as a solo artis ...
(born 1945), Bosnian singer, lead vocalist of ''Bijelo dugme'' from 1974 to 1984
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Željko Bilecki (born 1950), Canadian soccer player
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Željko Blagojević, Bosnian Serb long-distance runner
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Željko Božić (born 1974), Serbian stuntman and actor
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Željko Bogut (born 1969), Bosnian chess player and two time national champion
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Željko Brkić
Željko Brkić (Serbian Cyrillic: Жељко Бркић, born 9 July 1986) is a Serbian retired professional football goalkeeper.
Club career Early career in Serbia
Brkić, playing in the goalkeeper position, started his career as a professiona ...
(born 1986), Serbian football goalkeeper
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Željko Čajkovski (1925–2016), Croatian football (soccer) player and coach
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Željko Cicović (born 1971), Serbian football goalkeeper
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Željko Đokić (born 1982), Serbian footballer
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Željko Đurđić (born 1961), Serbian handball goalkeeper
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Željko Filipović (born 1988), Slovenian footballer
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Željko Franulović
Željko Franulović (; born 13 June 1947) is a Croatian former tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia and has since had a long career in tennis management. He has been the Monte-Carlo Masters tournament director since 2005.
Whilst his c ...
(born 1947), Croatian tennis player
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Željko Gavrilović (born 1971), Serbian footballer
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Željko Ivanek
Željko Ivanek (né Šimić-Ivanek; ; ; born August 15, 1957) is an American actor, known for his role as Ray Fiske on '' Damages'', for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award. Ivanek is also known for his role of Ed Danvers on '' Homicide: Life on ...
(born 1957), American actor of Slovenian-Croatian origin
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Željko Ivanković
Željko Ivanković (born August 29, 1954 in Vareš) is a Yugoslavian and Bosnian poet, novelist, short story writer, essayist, translator.
Recent activity
In 2017, Željko Ivanković has signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Cro ...
(born 1954), Croatian writer from Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Željko Janjetović, Bosnian diplomat, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Russian Federation
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Željko Joksimović
Željko Joksimović ( sr-Cyrl, Жељко Јоксимовић, ; born 20 April 1972) is a Serbian vocalist, composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He plays 12 different musical instruments including accordion, piano, guitar ...
(born 1972), popular Serbian singer, composer, songwriter and producer
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Željko Jovanović (disambiguation), multiple people
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Željko Kalac
Zeljko Kalac (born 16 December 1972) is an Australian former soccer goalkeeper, who is currently the manager of NK Urania Baška Voda, who play in the Croatian third division. Nicknamed "Spider" due to his tall, gangly figure, standing at 2.02& ...
(born 1972), Australian goalkeeper currently playing for Greek club Kavala
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Željko Kalajdžić
Željko Kalajdžić (Serbian Cyrillic: Жељко Калајџић; born 11 May 1978) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player. He is the current assistant manager of Greek Super League club Volos
Volos ( el, Βόλος ...
(born 1978), Serbian professional football midfielder
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Željko Kerum
Željko Kerum (born 25 September 1960) is a Croatian entrepreneur and politician who served as Mayor of Split from 2009 to 2013. He also owned the supermarket chain '' Kerum'' until it folded in 2012.
He won the election in 2009 and became the may ...
(born 1960), Croatian entrepreneur and politician
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Željko Komšić
Željko Komšić (; born 20 January 1964) is a Bosnian politician and diplomat who is the 6th and current Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is also its current chairman, since 2021. Previously, he was a member of the na ...
(born 1964), Bosnian-Herzegovinian politician
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Željko Kopanja
Željko Kopanja (21 October 1954 – 8 August 2016) was a Serbian newspaper editor and director of the newspaper '' Nezavisne Novine''. ''The Christian Science Monitor'' described him as an equal critic of all parties without regard to ethnicity a ...
(1954–2016), Bosnian Serb newspaper editor and director of ''Nezavisne Novine''
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Željko Kopić
Željko Kopić (born 10 September 1977) is a Croatian football manager and former player.
Playing career
In his playing days, Željko Kopić played for Croatian clubs NK Čakovec, NK Marsonia and NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac and Australian club S ...
(born 1977), Croatian football coach
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Željko Kovačević
Željko Kovačević (Serbian Cyrillic: Жељко Ковачевић; born 30 October 1981) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defender.
Statistics
Honours
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* Macedonian First League: 2007–08
* Macedonian Cup
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(born 1981), Serbian footballer
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Željko Krajan
Željko Krajan (;; born 3 February 1979) is a Croatian tennis coach and former professional player.
Playing career
Krajan, a native of Varaždin, began playing tennis at age six.. Retrieved on June 9, 2008 His greatest success as a junior player ...
(born 1979), Croatian tennis player and coach
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Željko Kuzmić
Željko Kuzmić ( sr-Cyrl, Жељко Кузмић; born 2 November 1984) is a Serbian professional football goalkeeper.
He had previously played for the Serbian Superliga club FK Smederevo along with the clubs Saint-George SA in Ethiopia and wi ...
(born 1984), Serbian football goalkeeper
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Željko Lelek Željko Lelek (born 9 February 1962, Goražde, Bosnia and Herzegovina), a Bosnian Serb war criminal who was the first individual indicted for the mass rape crimes that were a feature of the expulsion of the Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) population of th ...
(born 1962), Bosnian Serb indicted for mass rape crimes in Višegrad during the Bosnian War
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Željko Loparić (born 1939), Croatian philosopher, historian of the philosophy and university teacher
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Željko Ljubenović (born 1981), Serbian football midfielder
* (born 1948), Croatian cartoonist, animator and illustrator
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Željko Malnar (1944–2013), writer and TV presenter
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Željko Marasović, Croatian American composer of classical and film music
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Željko Matuš
Željko Matuš (born 9 August 1935 in Donja Stubica) is a former Croatian-Yugoslavian footballer. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Club career
During his club career he played for NK Dinamo Zagreb, SC ...
(born 1935), Croatian footballer
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Željko Mavrović
Željko Mavrović (; ; born 17 February 1969) is a Croatian former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 1998. In 1998, as an undefeated challenger, he faced Lennox Lewis for the WBC heavyweight title, but lost in what would be his fin ...
(born 1969), Croatian boxer and entrepreneur
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Željko Mijač (born 1954), Croatian football player and manager
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Željko Milinovič (born 1969), Slovenian footballer
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Željko Milošević (born 1976), Serbian footballer
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Željko Mitrakovič (born 1972), Slovenian football midfielder
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Željko Mrvaljević (born 1981), Montenegrin football defenderer
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Željko Nimš
Željko Nimš (born 22 April 1950) is a Croatian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia.
In 1976 he was part of the Yugoslav team which finished fifth in the Olympic tournament. He played three matches.
He wa ...
(born 1950), Croatian handball player
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Željko Obradović
Želimir "Željko" Obradović ( sr-cyr, Желимир "Жељко" Обрадовић, ; born 9 March 1960) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach for Partizan of the ABA League, the Basketba ...
(born 1960), Serbian basketball player and coach
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Željko Pahek (born 1954), Croatian and Serbian comics creator and illustrator
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Željko Pavlović (born 1971), Croatian football goalkeeper
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Željko Perušić (1936–2017), Croatian footballer
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Željko Pervan (born 1962), Croatian comedian
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Željko Petrović
Željko Petrović ( sr-cyr, Жељко Петровић; born 13 November 1965) is a Montenegrin football coach and former player. As a player, he represented the FR Yugoslavia national team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
Club career Budućnost
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(born 1965), Montenegro footballer and technical coach
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Željko Polak (born 1976), Bosnian Serb football player
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Zeljko Radovic (Austrian footballer) (born 1974), Austrian football player
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Zeljko Ranogajec
Zeljko Ranogajec (born 22 May 1961) is a businessman and professional gambler from Australia. The London-based Ranogajec is known for horse betting, blackjack and other forms of advantage gambling.
Early life
Ranogajec was born in Hobart, Aust ...
(born 1961), professional gambler from Australia
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Željko Ražnatović
Željko Ražnatović (, ; 17 April 1952 – 15 January 2000), better known as Arkan (), was a Serbian mobster, politician, sports administrator, paramilitary commander and head of the Serb paramilitary force called the Serb Volunteer Guard du ...
(1952–2000), better known as Arkan, Serbian career criminal and later a paramilitary leader
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Željko Rebrača (born 1972), Serbian basketball player
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Željko Rohatinski
Željko Rohatinski (3 August 1951 – 12 December 2019) was a Croatian economist who served as Governor of the Croatian National Bank from 2000 to 2012.
Early life
Rohatinski graduated from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Economics in 1974, w ...
(1951–2019), current Governor of the Croatian National Bank
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Željko Samardžić (born 1955), Bosnian Serb pop-folk singer
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Željko Senečić (1933–2018), Croatian film and television production designer, film director and screenwriter
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Željko Sošić (born 1980), Montenegrin director
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Željko Sopić
Željko Sopić (born 26 July 1974) is a Croatian former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Sopić started his professional career with NK Zagreb in 1994 and spent four years with the club's first team before leaving for Bundesli ...
(born 1974), Croatian football midfielder
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Željko Stinčić
Željko (), sometimes written Zeljko, is a South Slavic masculine given name.
In Croatia, the name Željko was among the most common masculine given names in the decades between 1950 and 1979, and was the most common name in the 1960s.
Notable pe ...
(born 1950), Croatian footballer
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Željko Šašić
Željko "Žeki" Šašić ( sr-cyr, Жељко Шашић; born 31 October 1969) is a Serbian turbo-folk singer. In late 2013, he competed in the first season of the Serbian version of Your Face Sounds Familiar. After the 12 weeks, he claimed 7th ...
(born 1969), Serbian pop-folk singer
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Željko Šturanović
Željko Šturanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Жељко Штурановић; 31 January 1960 – 30 June 2014) was a Montenegrin politician who was the Prime Minister of Montenegro from 2006 until his resignation in 2008.
Early life
Šturanović was ...
(born 1960), Montenegro politician
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Željko Tadić (born 1974), Montenegrin footballer
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Željko Tanasković (born 1967), Serbian volleyball player
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Željko Turk (born 1962), Croatian politician
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Željko Vincek
Željko Vincek (born 16 June 1986) is a Croatian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.
He won the bronze medal at the 2003 World Youth Championships, the gold medal at the 2005 European Junior Championships and the silver medal at the 200 ...
(born 1986), Croatian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres
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Željko Vuković (footballer, born 1962), Croatian-born Austrian footballer
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Željko Vuković (footballer, born 1963), Montenegrin footballer
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Željko Zagorac (born 1981), professional basketball player
See also
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Želimir
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