Željko Đurđić
Željko Đurđić was a Serbian handball goalkeeper.
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 been appearing in newspapers once again in late 2011. It was announced that Đurđić was living in poverty and was close to being bound to a wheelchair due to not being able to afford a knee operation in Novi Sad.
Đurđić died in Zrenjanin on 28 July 2014 after a long battle with his illnesses.
