Vladimir Skočajić (14 October 1954 – 11 December 2024) was a Bosnian football player and

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. A winger, he played for

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from

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, where he scored 48 goals in 153 matches. Skočajić died on 11 December 2024, at the age of 70.

Playing career

Skočajić started his career in

FK Velež Mostar Fudbalski klub Velež Mostar ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Beлеж Мостар; English language, English: Football club Velež Mostar) is a professional football (soccer), football club based in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The cl ...

. He is known for scoring four goals against

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on 9 February 1980 in a game that ended 9–2. He is one of the two Velež players, the other being

Vladimir Matijević Vladimir Matijević ( sr-Cyrl, Владимир Матијевић; 3 August 1854 – 7 September 1929) was a Serbian businessman and philanthropist. Biography He was born in Kordun's Gornji Budački near Krnjak, at the time in the Austrian Em ...

, who won the Yugoslav Cup twice, in 1981 and 1986. Nicknamed ''Taramba'', he moved to Greece to play for

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.Skočajić: Mnogo je novca, a malo vica i duha
- SportSport His career ended due to a serious car accident; his recovery took four months.

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