15 Facts About Zeljko Petrovic

1.

Zeljko Petrovic is a Montenegrin football coach and former player.

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2.

Zeljko Petrovic moved to Dinamo Zagreb in 1990, where he played as a right back.

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3.

Zeljko Petrovic joined Sevilla in November 1991, with his transfer from HASK Gradanski costing the Spanish team 500,000 DM.

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4.

Zeljko Petrovic joined FC Den Bosch in 1992 while his father was living in nearby Heusden as a guest worker.

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5.

Zeljko Petrovic insisted that he did not wish to leave PSV, but that the offer could not be ignored since ten of his relatives were living off of his money in Yugoslavia.

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6.

Zeljko Petrovic played his last game for PSV on 5 November 1997, in a Champions League match against Newcastle United at St James' Park.

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7.

Zeljko Petrovic made his debut for the national team of Yugoslavia on 12 September 1990 in a match against Northern Ireland.

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8.

Zeljko Petrovic was a regular of the Yugoslav national team throughout the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification.

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9.

On 28 October 1997, the night before the first leg of the qualifying play-off against Hungary, Zeljko Petrovic received a death threat by an anonymous phone caller.

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10.

Zeljko Petrovic strongly denied this, and teammate Savo Milosevic accused some journalists of jeopardizing Zeljko Petrovic's life by spreading fake news about him.

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11.

Zeljko Petrovic went on to play for Yugoslavia at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

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12.

On 21 August 2006, Zeljko Petrovic was appointed as the new head coach of Portuguese team Boavista.

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13.

In February 2010, Zeljko Petrovic was named assistant to manager Guus Hiddink at Anzhi Makhachkala.

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14.

Zeljko Petrovic became assistant to manager Advocaat once more when he joined him at FC Utrecht in 2018.

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15.

Zeljko Petrovic was appointed assistant to Advocaat again at Feyenoord in summer 2020.

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