Vojislav Vezović (Serbian Cyrillic: Војислав Везовић; born 19 November 1948) is a Serbian former professional basketball coach and player.
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| Born | 19 November 1948 Belgrade, FNR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1972: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1968–1974 | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1969–2008 | ||||||||||||||
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| 1969–1974 | Crvena Zvezda Youth | ||||||||||||||
| 1974–1976 | Radnički Kragujevac | ||||||||||||||
| 1977–1978 | Nigeria Women | ||||||||||||||
| 1979–1981 | Šibenka | ||||||||||||||
| 1981–1982 | Sloboda Tuzla | ||||||||||||||
| 1982–1983 | Borovo | ||||||||||||||
| 1983–1984 | OKK Beograd | ||||||||||||||
| 1984–1987 | Apollon Patras | ||||||||||||||
| 1987–1988 | Iraklio | ||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Maroussi | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Ilysiakos | ||||||||||||||
| 1992 | OKK Beograd | ||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | ENAD Nicosia | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Olimpiada Nicosia | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Zastava | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Al Rayyan | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Beopetrol | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | MKS Pruszków | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2008 | Atlas | ||||||||||||||
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Early life and playing career
editVezović was born in Belgrade, PR Serbia, Yugoslavia. In Belgrade, he graduated from Ivan Goran Kovačić Elementary School and Sixth Belgrade Gymnasium. In 1962, he started to play basketball and grew up with Crvena Zvezda youth teams. Vezović played senior basketball in Crvena zvezda's affiliations: KK Kalemegdan and KK Voždovac. He ended his playing career in 1974.[1]
Coaching career
editVezović was a head coach for the Nigeria women's national team that won the bronze medal at the 1978 All-Africa Games in Algeria. He also coached teams in Greece (Apollon Patras, Iraklio, Maroussi, and Ilysiakos), Cyprus (ENAD Nicosia and Olimpiada Nicosia), Qatar (Al Rayyan), and Poland (MKS Pruszków).[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Vojislav Vezović Biografija" (PDF). okkbeograd.org.rs.