Đorđe Kačunković (; 7 April 1928 - 24 March 1994) was a Serbian

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and later coach, nicknamed ''Bata Đole''. He was born in

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, and has lived and worked in many cities across

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

, latter to settle in Pančevo, where he retired and is buried today.

Biography

His playing career was short due to knee injury, and was shattered by WW2 and conscription to the army service. He started playing as a 17-year-old at FK Jedinstvo Paraćin, while serving the army he played for FK Fabrin in Užice, after that he played for smaller teams, until joining

FK Radnički Beograd FK Radnički Beograd (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Раднички Београд) is a Serbian football club based in New Belgrade. The club is often referred to as FK Radnički Novi Beograd, although the club is officially named simply as FK Radn ...

in the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

, where he played as left back and held number 3 on he's back. Afterwards, he signed for NK Proleter Osijek where he met he's future wife Sonja Jovanović, with whom he married in 1956 and stopped he's playing career. During he's coaching career he has been described as a ''Big coach of small teams'', notable for discovering young talents, that would later go playing in the first league of Yugoslavia and become members of the national team. Teams he has coached are as it follows: FK Pelister, FK Borec,

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, FK Jedinstvo Paraćin,

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, FK Jedinstvo Priština,

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, FK Kumanovo,

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and

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.In memoriam: Miljanko Marin
at Pancevac Online, retrieved 12-5-2013 He was also the national coach of the amateur football team of Yugoslavia (Olympic team) where he enjoyed success.

References

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