Vujadin Boškov
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| Full name | Vujadin Boškov | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | May 16, 1931 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Begeč, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |||||||||||
| Date of death | April 27, 2014 (aged 82) | |||||||||||
| Place of death | Novi Sad, Serbia | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Right winger | |||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 1946–1960 | FK Vojvodina | 185 | (15) | |||||||||
| 1961–1962 | Sampdoria | 13 | (0) | |||||||||
| 1962–1964 | SC Young Fellows Juventus | |||||||||||
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| 1951–1958 | Yugoslavia | 57 | (0) | |||||||||
| Teams managed | ||||||||||||
| 1962–1964 | SC Young Fellows Juventus (player/coach) | |||||||||||
| 1964–1971 | FK Vojvodina (technical director) | |||||||||||
| 1966 | Yugoslavia (co-coach) | |||||||||||
| 1971–1973 | Yugoslavia | |||||||||||
| 1974–1976 | FC Den Haag | |||||||||||
| 1976–1978 | Feyenoord | |||||||||||
| 1978–1979 | Real Zaragoza | |||||||||||
| 1979–1982 | Real Madrid | |||||||||||
| 1982–1984 | Sporting Gijón | |||||||||||
| 1984–1986 | Ascoli | |||||||||||
| 1986–1992 | Sampdoria | |||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | A.S. Roma | |||||||||||
| 1994–1996 | Napoli | |||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Servette Geneva | |||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Sampdoria | |||||||||||
| 1999 | Perugia | |||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | FR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||
| 2001 | FR Yugoslavia (co-coach) | |||||||||||
| 2006 | Sampdoria (scout) | |||||||||||
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Vujadin Boškov (Serbian Cyrillic: Вујадин Бошков; 16 May 1931 – 27 April 2014) was a Serbian footballer and coach.
Throughout his career as a football manager, he stood out both for his many successes, as well as due to his unique sense of humour and memorable ironic comments, which were used to dissolve tension during post-match interviews; these led him to become a popular figure with football fans during his time in Italy.
Boškov was born in the village of Begeč, 10 km from Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia. He comes from a Vojvodina family who lived in Novi Sad (he was officially born in Petrovaradin) before moving to Begeč during the Second War War where his grandfather lived. His elder brother was also a football player but died early. Vujadin had two sisters Vera and Dada, the latter still living. He remained loyal to his Vojvodina roots and played with FK Vojvodina for most of his career (1946–1960), as well as continuously supporting him. In gratitude the FK Vojvodina training facility in Veternik is named after him. He was first a Vojovidina son, then of Serbian background and finally a Yugoslav. He joined the Yugoslav team that won against the Soviet Union at the Helsinki Olypmics in 1992. He is still remembered in a photo with the Dinamo Zagreb team in "Charlie's" café in Zagreb, as a great Yugoslav football player. In 1961 he moved to Italy to play for Serie A club Sampdoria for one season (1961–62), before accepting a stint as a player/coach at Swiss side Young Boys (1962–1964). Boškov then returned to the club that made him as a player – FK Vojvodina – and spent 7 seasons (1964–1971) as a technical director, leading the club to winning one Yugoslav league championship in 1965–66. Vujadin Boskov was called "Mister" in Italy because he was all his life a gentleman and a cosmopolitan. Corriere dello sport published his quotations e.g. "Quando l'arbitro fischia... it is a penalty". There is a book of his quotations published in Italy. He spoke several languages, lived all over Europe and is a credit to Vojvodina and his family. <family/personal>
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