Svetozar Vujović

Svetozar Vujović (3 March 1940 – 16 January 1993) was Bosnian and Yugoslav football player and manager, who spent most of his life in Bosnian capital Sarajevo, and entire playing, managerial and administrative career with FK Sarajevo. He is the third most capped player in the club's history with 299 official games. After his playing career he went on to manage the team for two years, before taking a position of a long-standing club director, until his death in besieged city in 1993.[1][2][3][4]

Svetozar Vujović
Personal information
Full name Svetozar Vujović
Date of birth 3 March 1940
Place of birth Baljci, Bileća, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death 16 January 1993(1993-01-16) (aged 52)
Place of death Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina[1]
Playing position(s) Defender
Youth career
1957–1959 Radnik Hadžići
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1972 Sarajevo 299 (1)
Total 299 (1)
National team
1963–1964 Yugoslavia 8 (0)
Teams managed
1973–1974 Sarajevo
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
Vujović's grave

Career as player

He began playing in 1957 in FK Radnik from the town of Hadžići near Sarajevo, and in 1959 he became a member of the FK Sarajevo. Miroslav Brozović, his coach at the time, put him in the position of right back, and he developed into an excellent football player. Later, he successfully played as center half.[2][1]

In the FK Sarajevo jersey he played a total of 444 games, 299 official with 254 in the league, he also scored eight goals along the way. With 299 played official games he is third most capped player in FK Sarajevo history, behind Biogradilić with 378 and Ihtijarević with 314. Overall number of games (444) place him second on the list of club records, after Biogradlić with 646 games. In his first season with FK Sarajevo 1966/67 he won the title of Yugoslavia champion.[2][5][1]

With two games for the young team (1962–1963), he capped eight games for the best selection of Yugoslavia. Debuted in meeting of the Olympic teams against Romania (1:2) in Bucharest on 27 September 1963, and the last game for the national team he played in the Olympic tournament in Japan in Osaka on 22 October 1964, again, against Romania (0:3).[2]

Pathologically afraid of flying, he stopped playing in 1971, officially saying goodbye to the pitch in summer 1972, together with other club player Boško Antić (276 matches and 140 goals) in a match against Sporting Lisbon.[3][2]

Career as club official

In FK Sarajevo, he began to work as a coach in 1973, and 1975 he was appointed director of the club. In the role of director and later as president Vujović spent twenty years and made great contribution to success and stability of FK Sarajevo.[2][1][5]

Memorial "Svetozar Vujović Salon"

Following Svetozar's death in 1993, his club FK Sarajevo named main ceremonial lounge room in their administrative facility, located in downtown Sarajevo, into "Svetozar Vujović Salon" in his honor.[3][6]

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References
  1. "IN MEMORIAM: Svetozar Vujović (1940 - 1993)". FKSinfo.com (in Bosnian). 16 January 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  2. "In Memoriam: Svetozar Vujović (1940 - 1993)". fksarajevo.ba (in Bosnian). FK Sarajevo. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  3. "22 godine od smrti Svetozara Vujovića". sportavaz.ba (in Bosnian). Avaz Sport (from Sport.ba). Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  4. "History - FK Sarajevo". FK Sarajevo. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  5. "FK Sarajevo during the period of 1970-1975". FK Sarajevo. fksarajevo.ba. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  6. "About - FK Sarajevo". FK Sarajevo. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
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