Radivoje Živković ( sr-cyr, Радивоје Живковић; born 11 October 1950), sometimes also Radivoj, is a retired Serbian professional

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player.

Playing career

Borac Čačak

Živković played for Borac Čačak from the 1968–69 to the 1971–72 season.

Crvena zvezda

In 1972, Živković signed for

Crvena zvezda Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

of the

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) ...

. Due to strong transfer regulations he missed entire 1972–73 season. He made his Yugoslav League debut for Crvena zvezda on 10 November 1973 in a win against

OKK Beograd Omladinski košarkaški klub Beograd ( sr-cyr, Омладински кошаркашки клуб Београд), commonly referred to as OKK Beograd, is a men's professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. They are currently competin ...

. He was a member of the 1973–74 Zvezda selection that won the 1974 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup. He appeared in 203 games for the Zvezda during seven seasons and scored 2,838 points (13.9

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). Živković finished his professional career in 1981.

National team career

Živković was a member of the Yugoslavia national junior team that finished 4th at the 1970 European Championship for Junior Men in

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, Greece. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 5.9 points per game. Živković was a member of the Yugoslavian national team that won the gold medal at the

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Career achievements

FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup The FIBA Saporta Cup, founded as ''FIBA European Cup Winners Cup'', was the name of the European professional club basketball system, second-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, where the domestic National Cup winn ...

winner: 1 (with

: 1973–74). *

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup (; ; , ), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup (; , and between 1947 and 1991 as the Marshal Tito Cup (; ; ; ), was one of two major association football, football competitions in Socialist Federal Re ...

winner: 1 (with

: 1974–75).

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