Josip Zemko is a former Yugoslav football

Football (soccer)

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 player.

He was one of the best Yugoslav defenders in the 1960s. His goal was to take care of most dangerous players from the opposite team. In 1963, he started playing for the first team and very soon he became a candidate for the Yugoslav national team

Yugoslavia national football team

The Yugoslavia national football team represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in association football. It enjoyed a modicum of success in international competition. In 1992, during the Yugoslav wars, the team was suspended from international...

. He had collected three caps before he broke a leg in 1966. Unfortunately, he has never managed to reach the same level of play he was showing before the injury.

After having coached several clubs in Serbia

Serbia

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, he is currently training youth teams at FK Bačka 1901.

External links

• Profile at Serbian Federation website.
• Profile and career story at FK Bačka 1901 official website.