Velibor Vasović
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Velibor Vasović (born October 3, 1939 in Požarevac, Danube Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia — died March 4, 2002 in Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia) was a footballer.
He transferred to Ajax Amsterdam after he had lost 2-1 to Real Madrid with Partizan Belgrade in European Champions Cup (scoring the only goal for his team). He did the same (4-1 loss to AC Milan, scoring from the spot) in 1969 final, before leading Ajax as captain to a 2-0 victory over Panathinaikos in 1971 final.
Vasovic's career was relatively short. He only played 11 professional seasons due to the asthmatic condition he was suffering from.
He played 5 seasons for the Dutch giants (1966-1971) and was the first foreign captain in club's history.
Before that he spent five and a half seasons at Partizan (1960-December 1962, 1963-1966), and even spent a half-season (January '63 to June '63) playing for archrivals Red Star Belgrade.
He played 32 games for Yugoslavia national football team.
[edit] Post-football career
[edit] Coaching
After ending his career as a player in 1971, he coached FK Partizan (second part of 1971/72 season, full 1972/73, and the first part of 1973/74) and Paris St. Germain (first part of 1976/77 and the first part of 1978/79 seasons) before returning home to Belgrade and working as a lawyer. He died in 2002, at the age of 62 [1].
[edit] Other endeavours
Vasović was one of the strongest and most persistent critics of the Yugoslav FA, especially its longtime president Miljan Miljanić. Vasović's criticism particularly intensified after the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia.
On October 10, 2000, 5 days after the overthrow of Milosevic's regime in Serbia, Vasović and about a dozen bodyguards broke into the FA offices at Terazije square in downtown Belgrade. It was not clear what exactly he was hoping to achieve, although the widely circulated unofficial story was that he attempted to use the post-overthrow chaos and confusion in order to gain an upper hand on the expected FA leadership change.[2]
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