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

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

Paraćin Paraćin ( sr-Cyrl, Параћин, ) is a town and municipality located in the Pomoravlje District of central Serbia. Located in the Velika Morava river valley, north of Kruševac and southeast of Kragujevac, the town had a population of 22,349 ...

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, and has lived and worked in many cities across

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, latter to settle in

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, 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

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, while serving the army he played for FK Fabrin in Užice, after that he played for smaller teams, until joining

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in the

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, where he played as

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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:

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, FK Jedinstvo Priština,

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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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