Budimir Jolović (born October 3, 1959) is a former Macedonian-Serbian professional

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who last played for

KK Karpoš Sokoli Karpoš Sokoli () were a basketball club based in Skopje, North Macedonia. For the first time in their history, Karpoš Sokoli was invited to the ABA League for the 2016–17 season which is considered to be the largest success of the club so ...

in his last season as a pro player, he was 49 years old and scored 30 points in one game against

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that season. His fruitful career blossomed in

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, as he played most of his professional career there. He also worked as a coach in a few teams in his career. His coaching days started as a double licensed player/coach in

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in 1997. After that he took a job as an assistant coach of the young boys National Team in Macedonia in the summer of 2004. They competed in the

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where the team took the silver medal and qualified for the A division for the first time in history for any Macedonian National Team. In 2006 he worked as a coach in

KK AMAK SP KK AMAK SP was a basketball club based in Ohrid, North Macedonia. AMAK SP participated in the Macedonian Premier League. Their home arena was the Biljanini Izvori hall. History AMAK SP was formed in the year 2005 in the city of Ohrid by the A ...

and KK MM College. He had success with both of them playing and advancing in the First Basketball League in Macedonia. In 2011 he coached one of the most successful Macedonian basketball teams

KK MZT Skopje MZT Skopje Aerodrom () is a basketball club based in Skopje, North Macedonia, North Macedonia. The club competes in the Macedonian First League (basketball), Macedonian League and ABA League. The club's home ground is Jane Sandanski Arena, but du ...

which he led to top of the table. After the professional teams engagements he decided that he is ready to work with young talent, so he taught in the State school for physical culture "Metodi Mitevski - Brico" in Skopje. In the summer of 2016 he was in the coaching staff for the

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team for Macedonia, alongside

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External links

* https://www.facebook.com/KosarkaExYugoslavia/posts/2401916003396813/ *

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jolović, Budimir 1959 births Living people Macedonian men's basketball players Macedonian people of Serbian descent Small forwards Sportspeople from Novi Pazar Basketball players from Raška District