Vojin "Škoba" Božović (

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: Војин Божовић; 1 January 1913 – 19 April 1983) was a Yugoslav and Montenegrin

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player and

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Playing career

Club

He was among the best players in the history of

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and one of the best forwards in the Yugoslav football during the royal period. He was a great dribbler, fantasyst, strong and with an excellent shot with his left foot, beside being an excellent executor of the free kicks. He started playing in 1931 in the youth squad of Podgorica's Budućnost Podgorica and Belgrade's

SK Jugoslavija Sportski klub Jugoslavija ( en, Sport Club Yugoslavia), commonly known as SK Jugoslavija (Serbian Cyrillic: Cпортски клуб Југославија) was a Serbian football club from Belgrade. It was originally formed as SK Velika Srbija ...

. He represented SK Obilić, where he formed the front line with the brothers Boža and Kojke Popović,

Mačva Šabac Mačva ( sr-Cyrl, Мачва, ; hu, Macsó) is a geographical and historical region in the northwest of Central Serbia, on a fertile plain between the Sava and Drina rivers. The chief town is Šabac. The modern Mačva District of Serbia is nam ...

, where he played along his brother Vida, SK Jugoslavija and SK Anastas. His best years were spent while playing in

BSK Belgrade OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club'') is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade, more precisely in Karaburma, ...

where, alongside the best country's players

Aleksandar Tirnanić Aleksandar "Tirke" Tirnanić ( sr-Cyrl, Александар "Тирке" Тирнанић; 15 July 1910 – 13 December 1992) was a Yugoslav football (soccer), football player and manager. Early life and beginnings Born in the central Serbian sm ...

Đorđe Vujadinović Đorđe "Đokica Nosonja" Vujadinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђе Вујадиновић; 29 November 1909 – 5 October 1990) was a Serbian international football player and manager. Career He was born in Kolari, a suburb of Smederevo, but s ...

, Moša Marjanović, and

Svetislav Glišović Svetislav Glišović (Serbian Cyrillic: Светислав Глишовић; 17 September 1913 – 10 March 1988) was a Serbian international football player and manager. Club career Glišović played in the youth team of SK Soko before becomin ...

, won three national titles. After the end of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, he played for SR Montenegro in the 1945 championship, and since the reestablishment of the league, he played for

FK Budućnost Titograd FK or fk may refer to: In arts and entertainment: * Flyer Killer, fictional automated robots in the ''Terminator'' film franchise. * Fox Kids, a former American children's television programming block. * Funky Kong, a video game character. Place ...

where he held the managerial job, as well.

International

Beside eleven matches played for Belgrade city selection, and three matches for the Yugoslav B team, he played 8 matches for the

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, having scored five goals. His debut was in a friendly match on 6 September 1936 in Belgrade against Poland (9-3 win), where he scored two goals, and his last match was in the last match before World War II, against Hungary in Belgrade (1-1).

Coaching career

He started coaching while still was playing, doing both functions, in Budućnost Titograd. He was the main coach of

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, ...

clubs like Radnički Beograd,

BSK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club'') is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade, more precisely in Karaburma ...

, latter called OFK, and

FK Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Sarajevo (; English: Sarajevo Football Club) is a professional football club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is one of the most successful clubs in the country. Founded on 24 October 1946, FK Sara ...

. For many years he worked abroad, in Libya and Kuwait.Player, national team and managerial career
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Honours

As player: *BSK Belgrade **3 times

Champion: 1934–35, 1935–36 and 1938–39

References

External sources

*
Profile in Serbian Federation website

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