The signing of Rambo Petkovic by Real Madrid
Do you remember when players like Dejan came to the League? Rambo Petkovic? Real Madrid was named the best club of the past 20th century. The history of the white club is full of great players but obviously, even the greatest wrong. That is why there are lists like the one in the worst signings in the history of Real Madrid. But today we want to remember one of them, this player who was nicknamed as the iconic character of Sylvester Stallone.
Rambo Petkovic, a peculiar signing of Real Madrid of half of the 90
In January 1996 It came under the band of “crack” a Balkan player named Dejan Petkovic. It came right to contest the second round of the season 1995/96, one of the worst in the history of Real Madrid, they succeeded or not to qualify for Europe.
Nicknamed Rambo for his supposed extraordinary physical strength and perhaps for sharing a certain resemblance in his gaze with good old Stallone, in theory he was also a footballer with an excellent ball kick, especially in fouls. The truth is that none of that was seen in the Spanish League.
Rambo Petkovic played in three league teams: Real Madrid, Sevilla and Racing. Among the three teams gathered twenty games in the Spanish League. Sadly, Spain threw their baggage in a pitiful numbers, they never justified his move to one of the biggest clubs in the world.
Mass idol in Brazil
After Rambo Petkovic, he went to China and Brazil, where he played in multiple teams and became a mass idol to the point that near the age of forty, He was one of the best players in the league in the Rio de Janeiro country. He became quite a personality when he left football in the second decade of the 21st century.