Jugoslav Vasović (born 31 May 1974 in

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) is a

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water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

player who played for

FR Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yug ...

at the

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. He retired from the sport in 2012 after playing the last season with

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...

. His older brother Anto Vasović also played water polo professionally.

Club career

After starting out in the

VK Partizan Vaterpolo klub Partizan ( sr-cyr, Ватерполо клуб Партизан) is a professional water polo club based in Belgrade, Serbia. VK Partizan is one of the sports clubs in Serbia that is part of sport society Partizan. As of 2021–22 ...

youth system, Vasović moved to

Jadran Split Vaterpolski klub Jadran Split ( en, Jadran Split Water Polo Club), commonly referred to as Jadran Split or simply Jadran, is a professional water polo club based in Split, Croatia. As of 2021–22 season, the club competes in the Croatian Leag ...

where he got his first taste of full squad water polo at the Mediterranean Cup in

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Clubs

*1990–91 -

*1991–94 -

*1994–95 -

VK Budva VK Budva (full name: Vaterpolo klub Budva) is a professional water polo club based in Budva, Montenegro. As of 2021–22 season, it competes in the Montenegrin League and Regional League A1. Names It was formerly known as SD VK Mogren between 19 ...

*1995–01 -

VK Bečej VK Bečej (full name: Vaterpolo klub Bečej; lit. Water polo club Bečej), was a water polo club from Bečej, Serbia. Founded in 1947, the club disbanded in 2002 due to the bad financial situation. History The club was established in 1947. Its go ...

*2001–02 - AC Palaio Faliro *2002–03 -

RN Florentia Rari Nantes Florentia is an Italian water polo club from Florence. From the 2011-2012 season the men's team plays in the Serie A1, the top division of the Italian league. History The sport activities of Rari Nantes Florentia began in 1904. From ...

*2003–04 -

Shturm Chekhov Shturm-2002 Moskovskaya Oblast, a.k.a. Shturm Ruza, is a Russian water polo club. Founded in 2002 in Chekhov, Moscow Oblast, in 2010 it was relocated to Ruza, also in the Moscow Oblast. Shturm Chekhov's male team won four national championships ...

*2004–05 -

*2005–08 -

*2008–09 -

*2009–11 - Al-Qadisiya *2011–12 -

Personal

Vasović's son

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, named after Jugoslav's older brother, is a professional footballer. He also has 3 children: 2 sons (Anto and Marko) and a daughter Teodora.

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* 1974 births Living people Yugoslav male water polo players Serbia and Montenegro male water polo players Serbian male water polo players Olympic water polo players of Yugoslavia Olympic bronze medalists for Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Belgrade Olympic medalists in water polo Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics {{Serbia-Olympic-medalist-stub

Club career

Clubs

Personal

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