Borislav "Boro" Vučević ( sr-cyr, Борислав Вучевић; born August 7, 1958) is a Montenegrin former professional

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player. He is the father of

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Nikola Vučević.

National team career

Vučević was a member of the Yugoslavia national team that competed at the

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. Over eight tournament games, he averaged 9.4 points per game. Also, Vučević won the gold medal at the 1983 Mediterranean Games in

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Career achievements and awards

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champion: 1 (with Bosna: 1978–79) * Yugoslav League champion: 2 (with Bosna: 1979–80, 1982–83) *

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winner: 1 (with Bosna: 1983–84)

Personal life

Vučević's wife, Ljiljana (

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Kubura), was a 6-foot-2 basketball forward for a Sarajevo-based club Željezničar, as well as for the Yugoslavia Cadet national team at the 1976 FIBA Europe Championship for Cadets. They have a son

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(born 1990), who is a professional basketball player.

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