Supporters of Celje would like to thank the departing captain: Petition for Denis Popović to receive his mural in the princely city
Photo: Urban Lesjak
He returned home to end his career in the princely city. It seemed that this would indeed be the case. At one point, everything was so fairy-tale-like that it was almost kitschy. He returned home and became a champion… But Denis Popović apparently will not end his career in the jersey of Celje. The new coach, Albert Riera, crossed him off the list, and Denis Popović said goodbye. To Celje, certainly, but perhaps not yet entirely to football. Despite being 34 years old, he is reportedly not yet considering hanging up his boots.
Regardless, Denis Popović is leaving NK Celje, but his spirit might be even more present in the city in the future. An interesting initiative has appeared online, in fact a petition, where supporters of Celje and fans of the former Slovenian national team player “demand” that Denis Popović gets his own mural in the city by the Savinja.
“A child of the Celje football club, a member of the youth team that won the youth cup competition in 2009, and the captain of the team that won the 1.SNL national title in 2024. A former Slovenian national team player who, after breaking into the first team of Celje, went on a journey around the world. After stints in Koper, Switzerland, Poland, Russia, Cyprus, and China, he returned to Celje, took over the captain’s armband, and lifted the national championship trophy. In Celje, the new owners are writing a new football story, thus popularizing football in a predominantly handball city. Real football cities have murals for the icons of their clubs. Let Celje become a football city too!” wrote the initiators of the petition, which you can also sign at this link if you wish.
The petition initiators also called on the management of the Celje club to join the initiative as a sponsor: “We seek the municipality’s permission for the mural location and sponsorship from NK Celje to cover the payment for the (yet to be chosen) artist.“
This text was automatically translated using AI.
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