Željko Đurđić

Željko Đurđić
Personal information
Full name	Željko Đurđić
Born	(1962-11-08)8 November 1962 Doboj, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Died	28 July 2014(2014-07-28) (aged 51) Zrenjanin, Serbia
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1977–1988	Sloga Bosnaprevoz
1988–1996	Proleter Naftagas
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Yugoslavia	45	(0)

Željko Đurđić (Serbian Cyrillic: Жељко Ђурђић, pronounced [ʒěːʎko dʑûrdʑitɕ]; 8 November 1962 – 28 July 2014) was a Serbian handball goalkeeper.^[1]

Known locally by the nickname Džigi, he captained RK Proleter Zrenjanin to the 1990–91 European Handball Cup final where Proleter narrowly lost to Barcelona. He played 45 times for the Yugoslav national handball team.

Health issues

Falling out of the limelight after his retirement in 1996, his name began appearing in newspapers once again in late 2011.^[2] Đurđić said in an interview that he was living in poverty, and that although he needed surgery on both his knees, he was unable to afford it.^[3]

Đurđić died in Zrenjanin on 28 July 2014.^[4]

References

1. Pašić, Slobodan (2011-12-10). "Zrenjanin: Bivši rukometaš živi kao portir" (in Serbian). Večernje novosti. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
2. Grujić, B. (2011-11-24). "Sportski pobednik, životni gubitnik" (in Serbian). Vesti. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
3. Grujić, G. (2011-12-04). "Tračak svetlosti posle mnogo tmurnih godina" (in Serbian). Vesti. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
4. Zrenjanin.rs (2014-07-30). "Preminuo nekadašnji rukometni reprezentativac Željko Đurđić" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-03-27.