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| Full name | Velibor Vasović | ||
| Date of birth | October 3, 1939 | ||
| Place of birth | Požarevac, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||
| Date of death | March 4, 2002 (aged 62) | ||
| Place of death | Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia | ||
| Playing position | Sweeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1954-1956 | Novi Beograd | ||
| 1956-1958 | FK Partizan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1958–1963 | Partizan | 88 | (6) |
| 1963–1964 | Red Star Belgrade | 13 | (0) |
| 1964–1966 | Partizan | 40 | (4) |
| 1966–1971 | Ajax | 145 | (13) |
| 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 | ||
| 1989 | Bellinzona | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Velibor Vasović (October 3, 1939 in Požarevac, Danube Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia – March 4, 2002 in Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia) was a Serbian footballer and one of the legendary players of Partizan Belgrade.
He transferred to Ajax Amsterdam after he had lost 2-1 to Real Madrid with FK Partizan in 1966 European Cup Final (scoring the only goal for his team). He did the same (4-1 loss to AC Milan, scoring from the spot) in 1969 European Cup Final final, before leading Ajax as captain to a 2-0 victory over Panathinaikos in 1971 European Cup Final final.
Vasović's career was relatively short. He only played 13 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 seven seasons at FK Partizan (June 1958 - June 1963, June 1964 – June 1966), and even spent one season (1963/64) playing for arch rivals Red Star. His transfer to Red Star for which he received 5 million dinars (enough to buy two Mercedes vehicles at that time) generated a huge amount of controversy.[1]
He played 32 games for Yugoslavia national football team. During his career with FK Partizan he won 4 Yugoslav Championships (1961, 1962, 1963, 1965) and leading Partizan as captain to the 1966 European Cup Final.
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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), Proleter Zrenjanin, Angers SCO (1975–1976), Paris St. Germain (first part of 1976/77 and the first part of 1978/79 seasons)[2] He also managed Egyptian club Zamalek SC (1982–1983), Ethnikos Piraeus (1983), Red Star (1986–1988), and AC Bellinzona (1989)[3] before returning home to Belgrade and working as a lawyer. He died in 2002 following a heart attack at the age of 62.[4]
Velibor Vasović was married twice, first with Mirjana Vasović, and then to Branka Zorić. He had two sons, both with his first wife, Vladimir (1963) and Aleksandar (1968). From younger son he has granddaughter Tara (2009).
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 Milošević's regime in Serbia, Vasović and about a dozen bodyguards broke into the FA offices at Terazije square in downtown Belgrade.
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