Vojin "Škoba" Božović (

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: Војин Божовић; 1 January 1913 – 19 April 1983) was a Yugoslav and Montenegrin

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player and

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Playing career

Club

He was among the best players in the history of

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and one of the best forwards in the Yugoslav football during the royal period. He was a great dribbler, fantasyst, strong and with an excellent shot with his left foot, beside being an excellent executor of the free kicks. He started playing in 1931 in the youth squad of Podgorica's Budućnost and Belgrade's SK Jugoslavija. He represented SK Obilić, where he formed the front line with the brothers Boža and Kojke Popović, Mačva Šabac, where he played along his brother Vida, SK Jugoslavija and SK Anastas. His best years were spent while playing in BSK where, alongside the best country's players Aleksandar Tirnanić, Đorđe Vujadinović, Moša Marjanović, and

Svetislav Glišović Svetislav Glišović (Serbian Cyrillic: Светислав Глишовић; 17 September 1913 – 10 March 1988) was a Yugoslav international football player and manager. Club career Glišović played in the youth team of SK Soko before beco ...

, won three national titles. After the end of

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, he played for SR Montenegro in the 1945 championship, and since the reestablishment of the league, he played for Budućnost Titograd where he held the managerial job, as well.

International

Beside eleven matches played for Belgrade city selection, and three matches for the Yugoslav B team, he played 8 matches for the

Yugoslavia national football team The Yugoslavia national football team; ; ; represented Yugoslavia in international association football. Although the team mainly represented the pre-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the post-war SFR Yugoslavia, various iterations of the state ...

, having scored five goals. His debut was in a friendly match on 6 September 1936 in Belgrade against Poland (9–3 win), where he scored two goals, and his last match was in the last match before World War II, against Hungary in Belgrade (1–1).

Coaching career

He started coaching while still was playing, doing both functions, in Budućnost Titograd. He was the main coach of

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) ...

clubs like Radnički Beograd, BSK Beograd, latter called OFK, and

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 ...

. For many years he worked abroad, in Libya and Kuwait.Player, national team and managerial career
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Honours

BSK * Yugoslav Championship:

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1936 Events January–February * January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House. * January 28 – Death and state funer ...

, 1938–39

References

External links

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List of Libya coaches in RSSSF

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bozovic, Vojin 1913 births 1983 deaths Footballers from Cetinje Men's association football forwards Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers FK Budućnost Podgorica players SK Jugoslavija players FK Obilić players FK Mačva Šabac players OFK Beograd players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav football managers FK Budućnost Podgorica managers OFK Beograd managers FK Sutjeska Nikšić managers FK Sarajevo managers Libya national football team managers Qadsia SC managers Yugoslav First League managers Kuwait Premier League managers Yugoslav expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Libya Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Libya Expatriate football managers in Kuwait Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait