Vladimir Petrović

Biography

Vladimir Petrović was born on July 1, 1955 in Belgrade, and in the football world he is known by the nickname Pižon, which means pigeon in French. In 11 years at the club, as the fourth Zvezda's star, he played 497 matches and scored 117 goals, in addition to that he won five state championship titles and one cup as a player. He was the coach of Crvena zvezda twice, and in 1997 he won the national cup.

He spent a large part of his career in our club, where he earned the honorary title of the fourth Zvezda's star, that is, he was among the five best players who ever played at the Belgrade Marakana. Also, he is considered one of the youngest debutants in the most trophy-winning Serbian club, because he played for the senior team for the first time in 1971, as a sixteen-year-old, although he made his official debut on July 19, 1972 against Hajduk at the age of 17 years and 19 days. As a player, he won six domestic trophies, five titles and the national cup, and the big regret remained because of the lost final of the UEFA Cup in 1979 against Borussia Mönchengladbach. In total, he wore the red and white jersey 497 times with 117 goals scored. After eleven years at Marakana, in 1982 he went to London, where he played for Arsenal there for one season. He continued his foreign career in Antwerp, Brest, Standard and finally in Nancy in 1988.

I often had a problem in the game, because I had not two, but five solutions in my head

VLADIMIR PETROVIĆ Pižon

He played 34 times in the jersey with the national insignia, scoring five goals. He made his debut against Hungary on September 26, 1973, participated in two World Cups in 1974 in Germany and in 1982 in Spain. He ended his international career on October 13, 1982 against the Norwegian team in Oslo. He will be remembered in history as a player with a brilliant mind, as someone who saw five moves ahead and was one of the most beloved footballers among Zvezda fans and fans of this sport.

Football is Pižon's love and passion, after finishing his playing career he built a new one as a coach. After working at the Crvena zvezda youth school, he was an assistant in the coaching staff of Dragoslav Šekularac in 1989, and then in the coaching team of Ljupko Petrović a season later, when the greatest results in the history of the club and Serbian football were achieved. He was twice the first coach of his beloved club. Working with youth players, first of all with Dejan Stanković in the 1996/97 season, he won the national cup, and in the second term he was on the bench in the 2009/10 season. As a coach, he also coached Radnički (NB), Bor, Atromitos, Slavia Mozir, Vojvodina, Dalijen and Timisoara and OFK Belgrade. He was the coach of the youth national team of Serbia and Montenegro (2002-2004) and was the vice-champion of Europe in 2004, and from November 17, 2010 to October 14, 2011, he was the coach of Serbia. He also led China, Iraq and Yemen.