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Vladimir Durković (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Дурковић; 6 November 1937 – 22 June 1972) was a Serbian football defender.^[1] He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Durković played with Red Star Belgrade until he was 28 at which point he moved abroad and made a name for himself with AS Saint-Étienne, winning three French League titles and the Coupe de France twice.

Capped 50 times by Yugoslavia between 1959 and 1966,^[3] Durković excelled as a 22-year-old at the first UEFA European Championship, offering defensive solidity and attacking penetration at right-back. Although Yugoslavia finished second in France, Durković won a gold medal at the Rome Olympics the following September. He also wore the number two shirt at the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile and was an ever-present as Yugoslavia eliminated former winners Uruguay and West Germany and finished fourth. His final international was a June 1966 friendly match against Bulgaria.^[4]

He died when shot by a drunken policeman in Sion, Switzerland in June 1972 at the age of 34. The police officer was later sentenced to 9 years prison of which he served 7 years.^[5][6]

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

AS Saint-Etienne

• Ligue 1: 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70
• Coupe de France: 1967–68, 1969–70

Yugoslavia

• UEFA European Championship: runner-up 1960
• Olympic gold medalist in 1960

Individual

• UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1960^[7]

• Vladimir Durković at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
• Vladimir Durković at National-Football-Teams.com