he was born in smederevo. however, he grew up in šabac where he started playing for the local team fk mačva šabac when he was 14. soon after playing for the youth team, he debuted for the main squad. after graduating highschool, he moved to belgrade to continue his studies and joined bsk belgrade, one of the dominant clubs of yugoslav football at the time, where he would spend the rest of his career and became one of their main defenders.