Born in Nakovo, Borovnica started playing in his hometown club FK Polet Nakovo together with his younger brother Slavko. When his brother moved to OFK Kikinda, where he made most of his career, Borovnica signed with FK Proleter Zrenjanin who were desperately fighting for the return to the Yugoslav First League. Next year he went for trials in the giants Red Star Belgrade making a good impression with the coach Gojko Zec and signing a contract with them. But the beginning was hard for him, because there was already a big competition for a striker place in the team, spending most of the time on the bench. Everything changed in a UEFA Cup match against Dinamo Berlin that his team had to overcome a defeat in Berlin of 5–2, and an already conceded goal in the returning match, when the coach, now, Branko Stanković, decided to give him a chance. He would not regret it, because Borovnica ended scoring two goals and helping the team make one of the most incredible turnarounds in football history, with a final 4–1 win.[1] Since then, Borovnica became the team joker player. In the next seasons, because Red Star had many excellent strikers, but not so many great defenders, it was decided that his characteristics would make him a good defensive player. That make him become the big, fighting, cold and rational defender that is still this days remembered. He also was excellent in taking the ball forward, making a double-pass and becoming a threat to the adversaries goals, showing that he never forgot his forward skills. He was also a terrific header. It was, non-officially, said that, since Red Star had already too many players in the national team squad, he would not have a chance to play for the Yugoslavia national team. He stayed there until 1982 playing an impressive 161 official matches and scoring 24 goals.
Next he decided to go abroad, again, he had a brief spell in Australian Footscray JUST in 1977, this time to France Ligue 1 team SC Bastia where he played the 1982–83 season.[2] Afterward, he returned to Yugoslavia where he represented a number of First League clubs, namely, Olimpija Ljubljana (1983–84), Dinamo Vinkovci (1984–87) and Sutjeska Nikšić (1987–88).[3]
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zdravko, borovnica, this, article, uses, bare, urls, which, uninformative, vulnerable, link, please, consider, converting, them, full, citations, ensure, article, remains, verifiable, maintains, consistent, citation, style, several, templates, tools, available. This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Zdravko Borovnica Serbian Cyrillic Zdravko Borovnica born 17 August 1954 is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a striker or defender Zdravko BorovnicaPersonal informationFull nameZdravko BorovnicaDate of birth 1954 08 17 17 August 1954 age 69 Place of birthNakovo FPR YugoslaviaPosition s Striker DefenderYouth careerPolet NakovoSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 1975 1976Proleter Zrenjanin14 8 1976 1982Red Star Belgrade124 18 1977 Footscray JUST loan 2 2 1982 1983Bastia38 2 1983 1984Olimpija Ljubljana16 3 1984 1987Dinamo Vinkovci71 1 1987 1988Sutjeska Niksic16 2 1988 1989Adanaspor20 2 Club domestic league appearances and goalsCareer editBorn in Nakovo Borovnica started playing in his hometown club FK Polet Nakovo together with his younger brother Slavko When his brother moved to OFK Kikinda where he made most of his career Borovnica signed with FK Proleter Zrenjanin who were desperately fighting for the return to the Yugoslav First League Next year he went for trials in the giants Red Star Belgrade making a good impression with the coach Gojko Zec and signing a contract with them But the beginning was hard for him because there was already a big competition for a striker place in the team spending most of the time on the bench Everything changed in a UEFA Cup match against Dinamo Berlin that his team had to overcome a defeat in Berlin of 5 2 and an already conceded goal in the returning match when the coach now Branko Stankovic decided to give him a chance He would not regret it because Borovnica ended scoring two goals and helping the team make one of the most incredible turnarounds in football history with a final 4 1 win 1 Since then Borovnica became the team joker player In the next seasons because Red Star had many excellent strikers but not so many great defenders it was decided that his characteristics would make him a good defensive player That make him become the big fighting cold and rational defender that is still this days remembered He also was excellent in taking the ball forward making a double pass and becoming a threat to the adversaries goals showing that he never forgot his forward skills He was also a terrific header It was non officially said that since Red Star had already too many players in the national team squad he would not have a chance to play for the Yugoslavia national team He stayed there until 1982 playing an impressive 161 official matches and scoring 24 goals Next he decided to go abroad again he had a brief spell in Australian Footscray JUST in 1977 this time to France Ligue 1 team SC Bastia where he played the 1982 83 season 2 Afterward he returned to Yugoslavia where he represented a number of First League clubs namely Olimpija Ljubljana 1983 84 Dinamo Vinkovci 1984 87 and Sutjeska Niksic 1987 88 3 References edit http www soccerphile com soccerphile news comebacks html Sempre Bastia 1905 BOROVNICA Zdravko www falcu net Archived from the original on 5 October 2010 Career story in Nakovo rsExternal links editZdravko Borovnica at Aussie Footballers Stats from Yugoslav League in Zerodic Zdravko Borovnica at www mackolik com in Turkish Zdravko Borovnica at FootballDatabase eu nbsp Zdravko Borovnica at WorldFootball net nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Zdravko Borovnica amp oldid 1217589870, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
