Radomir Savić (; born 15 February 1956) is a retired Yugoslav and Bosnian-Herzegovinian,

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er.

Career

Born in

Ilijaš Ilijaš is a town and municipality located in Sarajevo Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located northwest of the inner city of Sarajevo, making it ''de facto'' a town and suburb of Sara ...

, near

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ), ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'' is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 2 ...

SR Bosnia and Herzegovina The Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Bosna i Hercegovina, Социјалистичка Pепублика Босна и Херцеговина), commonly referred to as Socia ...

, back then within Yugoslavia, Savić started playing at the small local club FK Sloga Ilijaš, before getting picked up by the local powerhouse

FK Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Sarajevo ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Сарајево; , English language, English: Sarajevo Football Club), is a professional Association football, football Sports club, club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosn ...

in the mid-1970s. Savić went on to spend four seasons with the club, appearing in 91

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) ...

matches and scoring 31 goals. During his time at Sarajevo Savić became one of the top Yugoslav strikers, and in the 1977–78 season he was the league's top scorer with 21 goals in 33 appearances. In the 1978–79 season he helped the Sarajevo finished fourth, which was the club's best result in years. Together with teammate

Srebrenko Repčić Srebrenko Repčić ( sr-cyr, Cpeбpeнкo Peпчић; born 1 December 1954) is a football manager and former player. He made his name while playing as an attacking midfielder for FK Sarajevo in partnership with likes of Safet Sušić, Predrag P ...

, Savić moved to Yugoslav giants

Red Star Belgrade 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 ...

in the summer of 1979. He spent the following four and a half seasons with Red Star, but his time at the Belgrade-based side was less successful. Savić never managed to break into the first team and only scored 6 league goals in 44 appearances. In spite of lack of playing time, Savić was part of the squad which won the 1979–80 and 1980–81 league titles during his time at the club. In the winter of 1983, he moved on to

Yugoslav Second League Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna liga,'' Croatian: ''Druga savezna liga'', Serbian: ''Друга савезна лига'', Slovenian: ''Druga zvezna liga'', Macedonian: ''Втора сојузна лига'', ''Vtora sojuzna l ...

side Spartak Subotica, with whom he spent the rest of the season, and who finished runners-up in Division West behind Iskra Bugojno, narrowly missing promotion. He then signed for

Budućnost Titograd Budućnost means "the future" in many Slavic languages, and it may also refer to: *SD Budućnost Podgorica, a sports society from Podgorica, Montenegro ** KK Budućnost Podgorica, a professional basketball club FK Budućnost may refer to: * FK Bud ...

, a top-level side who spent the season struggling to avoid relegation, and helped them finish 15th in 1984–85 with 3 goals in 25 appearances. In 1985, Savić moved abroad and joined

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n lower-level side Wolfsberger AC, with whom he spent several years before retiring in the early 1990s and earning a coaching licence. He then became player-coach at SV Schildorn.History
- SV Schildorn

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Savic, Radomir 1956 births Living people People from Ilijaš Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Men's association football forwards Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's under-21 international footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers FK Sarajevo players Red Star Belgrade footballers FK Spartak Subotica players FK Budućnost Podgorica players Wolfsberger AC players SAK Klagenfurt players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav Second League players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Austria