[2] Durković played with Red Star Belgrade until he was 28 at which point he moved abroad and made a name for himself with AS Saint-Étienne, winning three French League titles and the Coupe de France twice.

Capped 50 times by Yugoslavia between 1959 and 1966,[3] Durković excelled as a 22-year-old at the first UEFA European Championship, offering defensive solidity and attacking penetration at right-back.

Although Yugoslavia finished second in France, Durković won a gold medal at the Rome Olympics the following September.

He also wore the number two shirt at the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile and was an ever-present as Yugoslavia eliminated former winners Uruguay and West Germany and finished fourth.

[4] He died when shot by a drunken policeman in Sion, Switzerland in June 1972 at the age of 34.