Bora Kostić

Bora Kostić

Bora Kostić in 1965
Personal information
Full name	Borivoje Kostić
Date of birth	(1930-06-14)14 June 1930
Place of birth	Obrenovac, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death	10 January 2011(2011-01-10) (aged 80)
Place of death	Belgrade, Serbia
Position(s)	Left winger, centre forward
Youth career
	Radnički Obrenovac
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1951–1961	Red Star Belgrade	160	(117)
1961–1962	Vicenza	7	(2)
1962–1966	Red Star Belgrade	90	(41)
1967	St. Louis Stars	28	(12)
Total		285	(172)
International career
1956–1964	Yugoslavia	33	(26)
Medal record Men's Football Representing  Yugoslavia Olympic Games 1960 Rome Team European Championship 1960 France Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Borivoje "Bora" Kostić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бopивoje "Бора" Kocтић, pronounced [kôstitɕ, kǒ-]; 14 June 1930 – 10 January 2011) was a Serbian footballer. Normally a prolific left winger, Kostić is regarded as one of the finest Yugoslav players of his generation and was well known for his powerful shot and free kick ability. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics.^[1]

He played for Red Star Belgrade, Lanerossi Vicenza and St. Louis Stars during his club career. He earned 33 caps and 26 goals for the Yugoslavia national football team,^[2] and participated in the 1960 European Nations' Cup.^[3] Kostić was no less prolific at the club level with Red Star Belgrade, for whom he remains to this day the all-time leading marksman with 158 league strikes.[1]

Honours

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

Yugoslavia

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

Individual

• UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1960^[4]
• Yugoslav First League top scorer: 1958–59, 1959–60

References

1. "Bora Kostić". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
2. "Yugoslavia (Serbia (and Montenegro)) - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
3. "Bora Kostić, international football player". EU-football.info. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
4. "1960 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2020.

External links

• Bora Kostić at National-Football-Teams.com
• Bora Kostić at WorldFootball.net
• Bora Kostić at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
• Profile at Serbia national football team page