Petar Radenković


Petar Radenković is a Serbian retired football goalkeeper who played for the [SFR Yugoslavia national Association football|football team|Yugoslavia national team]. He also goes by the name Perica and was nicknamed Radi in West Germany.

Playing career

Club

He is mostly known for his spell with TSV 1860 Munich in Germany, during which he participated, among others, in the inaugural season of the newly formed Bundesliga. He was suspended for a year after fleeing Yugoslavia in 1960 and had a spell at Wormatia Worms before joining 1860.

International

Radenković is currently the last living member of the Yugoslavia national football team of the 1956 Summer Olympics. He played two games at that tournament and added his final cap in a friendly match against Indonesia in December that year.

Musical career

Radenković is also known for recording the song Bin i Radi — bin i König in 1965; the record sold more than 400,000 copies in West Germany. His younger brother Milan Radenković was a musician in the United States. His father was also a singer in the U.S., performing as Rasha Rodell.

Personal life

Radenković married Yugoslav national basketball team player Olga Borić in June 1955 with whom he had two daughters. Olga died in 2009 and he married Slobodanka in 2014.

Honours

TSV 1860 Munich