death_date nationalcaps birth_date pcupdate years death_place youthyears caps goals nationalyears name ntupdate birth_place nationalteam height nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
23 october 2002 4 2 6 march 1982 19 october 2002 1998 -- 2001 2002 2002 borovo , croatia 1998 -- 2001 29 1 11 33 0 4 2001 2002 danijel popović 6 september 2002 vukovar , sfr yugoslavia croatia u20 croatia u21 1.76 on 4 2 vukovar '91 vukovar '91 → bastia -lrb- loan -rrb- osijek forward danijel popović -lrb- footballer -rrb-

danijel popović -lrb- footballer -rrb-

danijel popović -lrb- 6 march 1982 -- 23 october 2002 -rrb- was a croatian footballer who played as a forward .
playing for vukovar ' 91 , popović established himself as one of the most talented croatian footballers of his generation .
after impressing in the first two seasons , he was loaned to bastia .
after the transfer to bastia fell through , popović then joined osijek where he played in only eleven matches before his death in a road accident in the evening of 23 october 2002 .
