Darko () is a common
South Slavic masculine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
. It is derived from the Slavic root ''dar'' 'gift'. Its oldest mention is from the 14th century, included in the
Dečani chrysobulls (1330).
Notable people
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Darko Angelov
Darko Angelov (Macedonian: Дарко Ангелов) is a former Macedonian ambassador to Greece. Previously, in 2014 he was briefly the foreign affairs adviser to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia. From 2010 to 2014, he was the am ...
, Macedonian diplomat
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Darko Anić (chess player) (born 1957), Croatian chess grandmaster
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Darko Anić (footballer)
Darko Anić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дарко Анић; born 5 March 1974) is a retired Serbian professional footballer.
Honours
;Club Brugge
* Belgian Pro League: 1997–98
* Belgian Supercup: 1998
;Shandong Luneng
* Chinese FA Cup: 2004
* Chines ...
(born 1974), Serbian footballer
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Darko Balaban
Darko Balaban ( sr-cyr, Дарко Балабан; born September 22, 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball player for BC Balkan Botevgrad, Balkan of the Bulgarian National Basketball League (Bulgaria), NBL.
Professional career
Balaban grew ...
(born 1989), Serbian basketball player
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Darko Belojević (born 1960), Yugoslav-Serbian footballer and coach
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Darko Bodul
Darko Bodul (; born 11 January 1989) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bosnian Premier League club Igman Konjic. He began his career in the Netherlands, where he played for AFC Ajax and for Sparta Rotterdam on loa ...
(born 1989), Bosnian-Croatian footballer
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Darko Bošković (born 1987), Montenegrin footballer
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Darko Božović
Darko Božović (Cyrillic: Дарко Божовић; born 9 August 1978) is a Montenegrin retired footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.
Club career
On 28 October 2006, while playing for Bežanija, Božović scored an equalizer in their home ...
(born 1978), Montenegrin footballer
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Darko Brašanac (born 1992), Serbian footballer
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Darko Bratina
Darko Bratina (30 March 1942 – 23 September 1997) was an Italian sociologist, film theorist and politician of Slovenes, Slovene ethnicity. Between 1992 and 1997, he served as member of the Italian Senate.
Early life and intellectual endeavours ...
(1942–1997), Italian sociologist and politician
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Darko Brljak (born 1984), Slovenian footballer
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Darko Butorović (born 1970), Croatian footballer
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Darko Čeferin (born 1968), Slovenian football referee
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Darko Čordaš
Darko Čordaš (born 16 December 1976) is a Croatian retired football player, who last played for NK Samobor.
Club career
Cordaš used to play for Pohang Steelers in South Korea, NK Posušje in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Neftchi Baku in Azerbaija ...
(born 1976), Serbian footballer
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Donnie Darko (born 1977), Living Receiver, Destroyer of Tangent Universe
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Darko Damjanovski (born 1981), Macedonian skier
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Darko Dimitrov (born 1973), Macedonian record producer
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Darko Djukič Darko is a common Slavic given name, and an Akan family name.
People:
* Darko (given name)
* Darko (surname)
Places:
* Velké Dářko, a pond in the Czech Republic
Movies:
* '' Donnie Darko'', a 2001 film by Richard Kelly starring Jake Gyllenhaa ...
(born 1980), Slovenian footballer
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Darko Djurdjević Darko is a common Slavic given name, and an Akan family name.
People:
* Darko (given name)
* Darko (surname)
Places:
* Velké Dářko, a pond in the Czech Republic
Movies:
* ''Donnie Darko'', a 2001 film by Richard Kelly starring Jake Gyllenhaal ...
(born 1987), Serbian footballer
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Darko Domijan
Darko Domijan (5 February 1952) is a Croatian pop singer who was most popular in the 1970s and 1980s. His best known songs include "Ulica jorgovana", "Jelena Je Bila Lijepa", "Ruže u snijegu" and "Sedam suza", the latter two being Croatian-la ...
(born 1952), Yugoslav-Croatian singer
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Darko Dražić
Darko Dražić (born 17 January 1963) is a Bosnian Croat football manager and former professional player who was most recently the manager of Azadegan League club Mes Rafsanjan.
Club career
Dražić was born in Novi Travnik. He played for So ...
(born 1963), Yugoslav-Croatian footballer and coach
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Darko Drinić
Darko Drinić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дарко Дринић; born 27 October 1981) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Career
During his journeyman career, Drinić played for Novi Sad (twice), Železnik, Borac Čač ...
(born 1981), Serbian footballer
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Darko Dunjić
Darko Dunjić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дарко Дуњић; born 8 February 1981) is a Serbian former professional footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types o ...
(born 1981), Serbian footballer
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Darko Fejsa
Darko Fejsa (Serbian Cyrillic: Дарко Фејса; born 27 August 1987) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a left-back. He is the older brother of Serbia international Ljubomir Fejsa.
Career
Fejsa started out at his hometown cl ...
(born 1987), Serbian footballer
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Darko Filipović
Darko Filipović ( Serbian: Дарко Филиповић; born 21 February 1981) is a Serbian turbo-folk singer born in Leskovac, south Serbia, who became famous after becoming a finalist in the first season of the music show Zvezde Granda in 2 ...
(born 1981), Serbian singer
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Darko Franić
Darko Franić (born 22 March 1987) is a Croatian retired football player, who last played for Zmaj Makarska.
Club career
A product of Hajduk Split Academy, Franić signed a professional contract with the club in July 2005. However, he never a ...
(born 1987), Croatian footballer
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Darko Glišić
Darko Glishikj ( mk, Дарко Глишиќ; sr, Дарко Глишић, Darko Glišić; born 23 September 1991) is a Macedonian footballer who currently plays as a left back for Vardar.
International career
After finishing his first season ...
(born 1991), Macedonian footballer
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Darko Grubor (born 1962), Serbian sports executive
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Darko Horvat (born 1973), Croatian footballer
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Darko Janacković
Daniel Darko Janacković (born 11 May 1967), commonly known as Darko Janacković, is a Serbian football manager and a former footballer.
Playing career
Born and raised in Pirot, Yugoslavia, he began his footballing career in 1978 with Belgrade- ...
(born 1967), Serbian-French football coach
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Darko Jelčić (born 1965), Yugoslav drummer
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Darko Jevtić
Darko Jevtić ( sr-Cyrl, Дарко Јевтић; born 8 February 1993) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Russian side Rubin Kazan. He is of Serbian origin.
Club career Basel
Jevtić started his youth ...
(born 1993), Swiss footballer
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Darko Jovandić (born 1982), Serbian footballer
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Darko Jozinović (born 1970), Croatian footballer
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Darko Karadžić (born 1989), Montenegrin footballer
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Darko Karapetrovič (born 1976), Slovenian footballer
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Darko Kolić
Darko Kolić ( sr-Cyrl, Дарко Колић; born October 6, 1971) is a Serbian former footballer.
Playing career
Kolić began his professional career in his hometown of Belgrade (near the Fontana neighborhood where he grew up) in 1992 – ...
(born 1971), Serbian footballer
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Darko Kovačević (born 1973), Serbian footballer
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Darko Kralj
Darko Kralj (born 6 June 1971) is a Croatian Paralympic athlete competing mainly in shot put events. He lost his left leg in a missile attack in 1991.
At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, he won a gold medal in the men's F42 shot put eve ...
(born 1971), Croatian Paralympic shot putter
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Darko Krsteski
Darko Krsteski ( mk, Дарко Крстески; born 9 August 1971) is a retired Republic of Macedonia, Macedonian Association football, football Defender (association football), defender.
Club career
He started his career in his hometown ...
(born 1971), Macedonian footballer
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Darko Lazić (singer) (born 1991), Serbian singer
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Darko Lazić (footballer)
Darko Lazić ( sr-Cyrl, Дарко Лазић; born 19 July 1994) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Bosnian Premier League club Borac Banja Luka.
Club career Red Star Belgrade
Lazić made his professional debut ...
(born 1994), Serbian footballer
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Darko Lazović (born 1990), Serbian footballer
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Darko Ljubojević (born 1975), Bosnian footballer
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Darko Lovrić
Darko Lovrić (; born 24 November 1980) is a Serbian football manager and former player.
Playing career
Lovrić started out at his hometown club Radnički Šid at the age of 7. He later joined Vojvodina, but quickly moved to Zvezdara, helping th ...
(born 1980), Serbian footballer
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Darko Lukanović (born 1984), Yugoslav-Swedish footballer
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Darko Macan (born 1966), Croatian author and illustrator
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Darko Maletić
Darko Maletić ( sr-Cyrl, Дарко Малетић; born 20 October 1980) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player.
He holds a peculiar record: he played in the UEFA Cup for five clubs from five countries (Rapid Wien, Publi ...
(born 1980), Bosnian footballer
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Darko Marić
Darko Marić (born 2 September 1975 in Belgrade) is a retired Serbian football player who last played as a forward for FC Brașov. Poorguy.
On 8 May 2005 he suffered a head injury during the First Division match between FC Brașov and FC Ar ...
(born 1975), Serbian footballer
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Darko Marković
Darko Marković ( sr-Cyrl, Дарко Марковић, born 15 May 1987) is a Montenegrin footballer who plays as a midfielder for OFK Titograd
OFK Titograd (Montenegrin Cyrillic: ОФК Титоград) is a professional football club based ...
(born 1987), Montenegrin footballer
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Darko Martinović
Darko Martinović (born September 18, 1982 in Mostar) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian professional handballer
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each ...
(born 1982), Bosnian handballer
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Darko Matić (born 1980), Bosnian footballer
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Darko Matijašević (born 1968), Bosnian Serb politician
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Darko Mavrak (born 1969), Yugoslav footballer
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Darko Maver
Eva & Franco Mattes (both born in Italy in 1976) are a duo of artists based in New York City. Operating under the pseudonym 0100101110101101.org, they are counted among the pioneers of the Net Art movement and are known for their subversion of pu ...
, a fictional Yugoslav artist invented as a hoax
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Darko Micevski
Darko Micevski (, born 12 April 1992) is a Macedonian footballer, who plays for Vardar.
Club career
Born in Skopje, he played in the youth team of FK Rabotnički before moving to Serbia in summer 2009 and joining FK Sevojno playing in the Serbi ...
(born 1992), Macedonian footballer
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Darko Miladin
Darko Miladin (born 1 April 1979 in Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia) is a Croatian retired football player.
International career
He made his debut for Croatia
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(born 1979), Croatian footballer
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Darko Milanič
Darko Milanič (born 18 December 1967) is a Slovenian professional football manager and former player.
As a player, Milanič represented both Yugoslavia and Slovenia at international level. He also captained Slovenia at UEFA Euro 2000.
Club car ...
(born 1967), Slovenian footballer
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Darko Miličić
Darko Miličić ( sr-cyrl, Дарко Миличић, ; born June 20, 1985) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He is , and played the center position. Miličić played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 2003 to 2013 ...
(born 1985), Serbian basketball player
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Darko Milinović (born 1963), Croatian politician
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Darko Mitrevski
Darko Mitrevski is a Macedonian film director currently living in Los Angeles, California, United States since 2007.
His list of feature films includes '' Goodbye, 20th Century!'', ''Bal-Can-Can'', and ''The Third Half
''The Third Half'' ( mk, ...
(born 1971), Macedonian film director
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Darko Nestorović
Darko Nestorović (; born 4 April 1965) is a Bosnian professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player.
Playing career
Born in Kakanj, Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, SR Bosnia and Her ...
(born 1965), Bosnian footballer and coach
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Darko Pahlić
Darko Pahlić (born January 17, 1963 in Zadar, People's Republic of Croatia, PR Croatia, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a former Croatian basketball player. Pahlić was part of the KK Zadar team that won the 1986 Yugosl ...
(born 1963), Croatian basketball player
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Darko Pančev (born 1965), Macedonian footballer
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Darko Pavićević
Darko Pavićević (born 27 December 1986) is a Montenegrin footballer.
Club career
A big striker, Pavićević played in Hungary and for Vllaznia Shkodër in the Albanian Superliga
The Kategoria Superiore, officially known as Abissnet Superi ...
(born 1986), Montenegrin footballer
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Darko Perić
Darko Perić (born 16 February 1978) is a Croatian retired football player who often plays as a right winger.
Career
Perić previously played for NK Zagreb and HNK Šibenik in the Croatian Prva HNL and KS Elbasani in Albania
Albania ( ; ...
(born 1978), Croatian footballer
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Darko Perović
Darko Perović ( sr-cyr, Дарко Перовић; born June 14, 1965, in Aranđelovac) is a Serbian comic-book and graphic novel
A graphic novel is a long-form, fictional work of sequential art. The term ''graphic novel'' is often applied b ...
(born 1965), Serbian comic-book artist and writer
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Darko Pivaljević
Darko Pivaljević (; born 18 February 1975) is a Serbian football manager and former player.
Playing career
Pivaljević appeared in seven games and scored two goals for Red Star Belgrade in the 1994–95 First League of FR Yugoslavia, as the te ...
(born 1975), Serbian footballer
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Darko Planinić
Darko Planinić (born November 22, 1990) is a Croatian professional basketball player for CSO Voluntari of the Liga Națională. Standing at 2.11 m, he plays at the center position.
Professional career
Planinić spent the 2019-20 season with U B ...
(born 1990), Croatian basketball player
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Darko Raca
Darko Raca (born May 24, 1977) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian football defender.
Beside the Bosnian clubs FK Kozara Gradiška, HNK Orašje and FK Sarajevo, he had previously played with the Serbian clubs FK Mladost Apatin and FK ČSK Čelarevo, and ...
(born 1977), Bosnian footballer
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Darko Raić-Sudar (born 1972), Croatian footballer
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Darko Rakočević
Darko Rakočević (; born 13 September 1981) is a Serbian football manager and former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Career
After playing for Borac Čačak in the First League of Serbia and Montenegro, Rakočević moved abro ...
(born 1981), Serbian footballer
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Darko Ramovš (born 1973), Serbian footballer and sporting executive
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Darko F. Ribnikar
Davorin "Darko" F. Ribnikar (16 May 1878 – 31 August 1914) was the editor-in-chief of the Serbian newspaper ''Politika'' and the brother of its founder Vladislav F. Ribnikar.
Biography
Ribnikar was the youngest son of Slovene physician from Ca ...
(died 1914), Serbian journalist
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Darko Rundek (born 1956), Croatian singer-songwriter
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Darko Šarović
Darko Šarović ( sr, Дарко Шаровић, born 16 May 1990) is a Serbian medical doctor, Bachelor of psychology, and former professional athlete who specialised in the short sprint events. He is the fifth fastest serb of all time, and the ...
(born 1990), Serbian sprinter
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Darko Savić (born 1979), Serbian footballer
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Darko Sokolov (born 1986), Macedonian basketball player
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Darko Spalević
Darko Spalević (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Дарко Спалевић; born 24 March 1977) is a Kosovo Serbs, Serbian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker ...
(born 1977), Serbian footballer
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Darko Stanić
Darko Stanić (; born 8 October 1978) is a Serbian/Qatari former handball player for the Al Rayyan and the Qatari national team. He was dubbed the "Minister of Defence" due to his performances for the Serbia.
Club career
After making his EHF C ...
(born 1978), Serbian handball player
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Darko Šuškavčević (born 1974), Montenegrin footballer
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Darko Suvin (born 1930), Croatian-Canadian academic and literary critic
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Darko Tasevski
Darko Tasevski ( bg, Дарко Тасевски; born 20 May 1984) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bulgarian First League club Slavia Sofia. He holds also Bulgarian citizenship.
Club career
Prior to joini ...
(born 1984), Macedonian footballer
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Darko Tešović (born 1970), Serbian footballer
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Darko Tofiloski (born 1986), Macedonian footballer
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Darko Vargec
Darko Vargec (Serbian Cyrillic: Дарко Варгец; born 1 August 1972) is a retired Serbian footballer that was for many years the team captain of the 1997–98 Yugoslav champions FK Obilić.
Honours
Obilić
*First League of FR Yugoslavia
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(born 1972), Yugoslav-Serbian footballer and manager
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Darko Vujović
Darko Vujović (; born 21 December 1962) is a former Montenegrin footballer. He played for FK Sutjeska Nikšić, FK Novi Pazar, NK Dinamo Zagreb, NK Dinamo Inkovci and FK Vojvodina in the Yugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First Federal Foo ...
(born 1962), Montenegrin footballer
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Darko Vukašinović
Darko Vukašinović ( sr, Дарко Вукашиновић; born 5 March 1985) is a Montenegrin retired football defender.
Club career
Prior to his transfer to Slavia Sofia, he played for FK Budućnost Podgorica and FK Zeta.Darko Vukić
Darko Vukić (born 2 December 1968 in Yugoslavia) is a Croatian former footballer played as a midfielder.
International career
He played once for Croatia, in an April 1994 friendly match away against Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), ...
(born 1968), Croatian footballer
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Darko Zec (born 1989), Slovenian footballer
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Darko Živanović (born 1987), Serbian long-distance runner
See also
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Darko (disambiguation)
References
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Serbian masculine given names
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Macedonian masculine given names
Bulgarian masculine given names