Nebojša "Uške" Vučićević (; 29 June 1962 – 11 March 2022) was a Serbian

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manager and player.

Playing career

Vučićević started out at

OFK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English language, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club''), also known in English as OFK Belgrade and currently referred to as OFK ...

, before transferring to Partizan in 1984. He spent the next five seasons with the ''Crno-beli'', making 140 league appearances and scoring 27 goals. Subsequently, Vučićević moved abroad and played for

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and

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. He also played professionally in South Korea, Cyprus, and Slovenia. In 1998, Vučićević briefly played

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in the United States.

Managerial career

Vučićević began his managerial career at Dorćol, winning promotion to the Second League of FR Yugoslavia in 2002. He subsequently briefly served as manager of Bosnian club Jedinstvo Brčko. Between 2004 and 2006, Vučićević enjoyed successful stints with Radnički Beograd and Hajduk Kula in the

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. He later worked abroad in Slovenia, Ghana, and Ethiopia.

Personal life

Vučićević is the father of fellow footballer Vanja Vučićević.

Death

Vučićević died of a heart attack during a

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on 11 March 2022, aged 59.

Honours

Partizan *

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...

: 1985–86, 1986–87 *

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: 1988–89

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