Vukan Perović (

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: Вукан Перовић; born 18 October 1952) is a Montenegrin retired professional

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who played as a striker.

Career

Perović began playing professional football in 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) ...

for

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. After spending two seasons with the club, he moved to Turkey where he would play with

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for one season. Next, he had a brief stint in the United States with the Tulsa Roughnecks. Perović joined Austrian side

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in 1978, scoring 21 goals in 42 league matches during his two seasons with the club. Rapid allowed Perović to go on trial with Spanish club Real Betis, but they ultimately loaned him to

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side

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in December 1980. He scored eight goals in twelve games for Elche, but the club did not exercise an option to purchase his contract. He returned to Rapid for the 1982–83 season.

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* 1952 births Living people Footballers from Nikšić Men's association football forwards Yugoslav men's footballers FK Partizan players Adanaspor footballers Tulsa Roughnecks (1978–1984) players SK Rapid Wien players Elche CF players Yugoslav First League players Süper Lig players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Segunda División players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Spain {{Montenegro-footy-bio-stub