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Balša Popović

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Balša Popović
Personal information
Full name Balša Popović
Date of birth (2000-06-10) 10 June 2000 (age 26)
Place of birth Kotor, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Olympiacos
Number 31
Youth career
Mogren
2017–2018 Grbalj
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Grbalj 46 (0)
2018–2019 → Arsenal Tivat (loan) 4 (0)
2022–2023 Kolubara 10 (0)
2023–2025 OFK Beograd 71 (0)
2025–2026 Red Star Belgrade 0 (0)
2025–2026 → OFK Beograd (loan) 34 (0)
2026– Olympiacos 0 (0)
International career‡
2016–2017 Montenegro U17 5 (0)
2017 Montenegro U18 2 (0)
2017–2019 Montenegro U19 12 (0)
2021 Montenegro U21 3 (0)
2025– Montenegro 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:36, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:36, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

Balša Popović (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Балша Поповић; born 10 June 2000) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Super League Greece club Olympiacos.[1][2]

Club career

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Popović began his career at Mogren in Budva before joining Grbalj Radanovići, where he spent several seasons across the Montenegrin First Football League and the second division, making over 40 appearances for the club.[3] He subsequently moved to Serbia, joining Kolubara where he spent two seasons in the Serbian SuperLiga.

In August 2023, Popović joined OFK Beograd and quickly established himself as first choice, keeping 12 clean sheets in 34 appearances as the club won the Prva Liga title in 2023–24 and earned promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga.[3] He went on to play all 37 league matches in OFK Beograd's debut Superliga season in 2024–25, serving as club captain, and was named the best goalkeeper in the Serbian SuperLiga at the end of the season.[2]

In the summer of 2025, Red Star Belgrade signed Popović.[4] He remained at OFK Beograd on loan for the 2025–26 season.[5]

International career

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Popović made his senior debut for the Montenegro national football team on 25 March 2025, starting in a 2026 World Cup qualifying fixture against the Faroe Islands, a match Montenegro won 1–0. Coach Robert Prosinečki confirmed the decision to start Popović had been planned in advance as part of a rotation between his two goalkeepers.[6]

Personal life

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Popović has spoken of his unusual path to becoming a goalkeeper — having started as a striker before moving to centre-back and eventually settling between the posts. His father Saša Popović is a former goalkeeping coach who worked alongside Ljubiša Tumbaković in China, and his brother Stefan is also a goalkeeper at Mornar.[7]

Honours

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OFK Beograd

References

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  1. ↑ "Balša Popović". National Football Teams. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Balša Popović je najbolji golman Mozzart bet Superlige". OFK Beograd (in Serbian). Retrieved 6 June 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 "Golman OFK Beograda Balša Popović ide u Olimpijakos". Mondo (in Serbian). Retrieved 6 June 2026.
  4. ↑ "Balša Popović prelazi u Crvenu Zvezdu". Mondo (in Serbian). Retrieved 6 June 2026.
  5. ↑ ""Videćemo na leto... Nisam u kontaktu sa ljudima iz Zvezde"". Espreso (in Serbian). Retrieved 6 June 2026.
  6. ↑ "VELIKO PRIZNANJE ZA GOLMANA OFK BEOGRAD: Debituje za reprezentaciju!". Kurir (in Serbian). Retrieved 6 June 2026.
  7. ↑ "Home | MeridianBetSport". 30 November 2023.
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