Velibor Vasović
Vasović in August 1967.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Velibor Vasović | ||
| Date of birth | 3 October 1939 | ||
| Place of birth | Požarevac, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||
| Date of death | 4 March 2002 (aged 62) | ||
| Place of death | Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Sweeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1954–1958 | Partizan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1958–1963 | Partizan | 88 | (6) |
| 1963 | Red Star Belgrade | 13 | (0) |
| 1964–1966 | Partizan | 40 | (4) |
| 1966–1971 | Ajax | 145 | (13) |
| Total | 286 | (23) | |
| National team | |||
| 1961–1966 | Yugoslavia | 32 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1971–1973 | Partizan | ||
| 1975 | Proleter Zrenjanin | ||
| 1975–1976 | Angers | ||
| 1976–1977 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| 1978–1979 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| 1982–1983 | Zamalek | ||
| 1983 | Ethnikos Piraeus | ||
| 1986–1988 | Red Star Belgrade | ||
| 1989 | Bellinzona | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Velibor Vasović (Serbian Cyrillic: Велибор Васовић; 3 October 1939 in Požarevac, Danube Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia – 4 March 2002 in Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia) was a Serbian footballer and manager, also one of the legendary players of Partizan Belgrade and one of greatest defenders of his generation. A sweeper who could play in midfield, Vasović was renowned for his defensive positioning, never-say-die attitude and tactical awareness.
Born in Požarevac on the eve of World War II to parents hailing from Montenegro — tax office clerk Živojin Vasović and homemaker Jelka Laušević — young Velibor was the couple's ninth child. He had four older brothers and three older sisters while another one of his sisters died before he was born. With the Nazi German invasion and subsequent dismemberment of the Yugoslav kingdom in April 1941, Vasović's father got taken prisoner by the Germans, spending four years in captivity, while his oldest siblings joined the Partisan resistance movement.
The youngster completed primary education in his hometown before moving to capital Belgrade along with his entire family courtesy of his maternal uncle David Laušević who in the meantime rose to high post with the State Security Administration (UDBA). Vasović began his secondary studies by enrolling at the First Belgrade Gymnasium.
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