Željko Đurđić

[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.

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.

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