Vujadin Boškov

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Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Yugoslavia
Men's football
Silver	1952 Helsinki	Team Competition

Vujadin Boškov (Serbian: Вујадин Бошков, born May 16, 1931) is a retired Serbian football player and coach.

Boškov was born in the village of Begeč near Novi Sad (then Danube Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia). He played with FK Vojvodina for most of his career (1946-1960). He then moved to Sampdoria for a 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 coached it for 7 seasons (1964-1971) winning one Yugoslav league championship.

He soon developed a successful international coaching career with stints in Dutch Eredivisie (FC Den Haag (1974-1976), and Feyenoord (1976-1978)), Spanish La Liga (Real Zaragoza (1978/79), Real Madrid (1979-1982), and Sporting de Gijon (1983/84)), Italian Serie A (Ascoli Calcio 1898 (1984-1986), U.C. Sampdoria (1986-1992, 1998/99), A.S. Roma (1992/93), S.S.C. Napoli (1994-1996), and A.C. Perugia (1999)), and Swiss league (Servette Geneva (1996/97)).

Boškov won the silver medal with the Yugoslavia national team at the 1952 Olympic football tournament.