Danilo Popivoda ( sr-cyr, Данило Попивода; 1 May 1947 – 9 September 2021) was a

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player and manager. On the international level he played for the Yugoslavia national team (20 matches and five goals) and was a participant at the

1974 FIFA World Cup The 1974 FIFA World Cup was the 10th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in West Germany (and West Berlin) between 13 June and 7 July. The tournament marked the ...

. He also participated at the

UEFA Euro 1976 The 1976 UEFA European Football Championship tournament was held in Yugoslavia. This was the fifth UEFA European Championship, held every four years and endorsed by UEFA and the first and only tournament that was held in a socialist state. The ...

, where he scored a goal in a match against

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. His final international was a November 1977 World Cup qualification match against

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. During the 1945–1990 period, Popivoda was among a handful of Slovenian players, along with Branko Oblak and

Srečko Katanec Srečko Katanec (; born 16 July 1963) is a Slovenian retired football manager and player. At international level, he was capped for both the Yugoslavia and Slovenia national teams. A former midfielder, who was also capable of playing as a defen ...

, who managed to get into the Yugoslavia national team.

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* 1947 births 2021 deaths Footballers from North Bačka District Slovenian people of Serbian descent Men's association football forwards Men's association football wingers Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers 1974 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 1976 players NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945–2005) players Eintracht Braunschweig players Yugoslav First League players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in West Germany Slovenian football managers NK Ljubljana managers {{Slovenia-footy-bio-stub