Sabahudin "Dino" Bilalović (7 May 1960 – 29 July 2003) was a Bosnian professional
basketball
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player.
About
He was born in
Trebinje
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,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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.
In 1979, as a player of
KK Bosna Sarajevo, in his early career years, he won the
Euroleague
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at the time
European Champions Cup.
National team career
He made the national team of
Yugoslavia
, common_name = Yugoslavia
, life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation
, p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia
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in the early nineties for the
1990 Goodwill Games, the second games which took place in Seattle, United States, along with
Dražen Petrović,
Toni Kukoč,
Žarko Paspalj,
Dino Rađa
Dino Rađa (alternatively Radja, ; born 24 April 1967) is a Croatian former professional basketball player. He was a member of the Jugoplastika team of the late 1980s and early 1990s, which he helped to win two FIBA European Champions Cup champ ...
other
great stars of Yugoslavian basketball.
Later, in the first appearance of
Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team
The Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national basketball team (Bosnian language, Bosnian: ''Košarkaška reprezentacija Bosne i Hercegovine'' / Кошаркашка репрезентација Босне и Херцеговине) represents Bosnia ...
, in
EuroBasket 1993
The 1993 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1993, was the 28th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It was held in Germany between 22 June and 4 July 1993. Sixteen national teams entere ...
, he was the
Top Scorer of the tournament averaging 25 (24.6) points per game:
* ''vs.'' Latvia ''he scored'' 36 points,
* ''vs.'' Estonia ''he scored'' 29 points,
* ''vs.'' Croatia ''he scored'' 28 points,
* ''vs.'' Sweden ''he scored'' 26 points.
* ''vs.'' Italy ''he scored'' 22 points.
* ''vs.'' Russia ''he scored'' 21 points.
* ''vs.'' Spain ''he scored'' 18 points.
* ''vs.'' Greece ''he scored'' 17 points.
Personal life
Bilalović's mother Ševka Bajraktarević (1934 – 30 September 2013) was the older sister of
Silvana Armenulić, famous folk singer in Yugoslavia. Her other sisters
Mirjana Bajraktarević and
Dina Bajraktarević also maintained folk singing careers of their own.
Death
Bilalović died July 2003 during his vacation to the Croatian coastal town of
Makarska
Makarska () is a town on the Adriatic coastline of Croatia, about southeast of Split (city), Split and northwest of Dubrovnik, in the Split-Dalmatia County.
Makarska is a prominent regional tourist center, located on a horseshoe-shaped bay bet ...
from previously diagnosed heart condition. He died of a heart attack on the beach while swimming with his son.
EUROBASKET NEWS REPORT – 4/9/2009
''KK BOSNA marks 30th Anniversary of winning European Champion title – (...) Mirza Delibasic Kindje and Sabahudin Dino Bilalovic have assedaway, but they will be remembered by all KK Bosna fans forever. (...)''
References
1960 births
2003 deaths
Yugoslav men's basketball players
Bosnia and Herzegovina men's basketball players
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate basketball people in Switzerland
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate basketball people in Germany
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate basketball people in Spain
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate basketball people in Israel
CB Breogán players
Centers (basketball)
KK Vojvodina players
KK Zagreb players
Liga ACB players
Lugano Tigers players
Sportspeople from Trebinje
Bosnia and Herzegovina Muslims
Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games
Goodwill Games medalists in basketball
Goodwill Games gold medalists
20th-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportsmen
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