Saša Bogunović (; born 16 December 1982) is a

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n former professional

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who played as a striker. He is the younger brother of fellow footballer Dejan Bogunović.

Career

Bogunović started out at his hometown club

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. He scored 11 goals in the

2001–02 Second League of FR Yugoslavia Second League of FR Yugoslavia 2001–02 (Serbian: Druga savezna liga) consist of three groups of 18 teams (Serbia) and 1 group of 12 teams (Montenegro). Due to a reduction in the number of teams in Serbian groups (North, East and West), there were ...

, as the team placed third in Group North. In early 2003, Bogunović moved on loan to Bulgarian club

Litex Lovech Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club. The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...

until the end of the season. He came on as a substitute in the 2003 Bulgarian Cup Final, as the team lost 2–1 to

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. In early 2006, Bogunović moved abroad for the second time and joined Hungarian club

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. He spent the next two seasons with Polish side

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, before returning to his parent club Novi Sad in the summer of 2008.

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