Vojin Božović

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Vojin Božović
Personal information
Date of birth	(1913-01-01)1 January 1913
Place of birth	Cetinje, Kingdom of Montenegro
Date of death	19 April 1983(1983-04-19) (aged 70)
Place of death	Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Playing position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1931-	SK Jugoslavija
	SK Obilić
	Mačva Šabac
	SK Jugoslavija
	SK Anastas Beograd
1933-1941	BSK Beograd
1945	SR Crna Gora
1946-1949	Budućnost Titograd
National team
1936-1941	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	8	(5)
Teams managed
1946-1955	Budućnost Titograd
1955-1956	Radnički Beograd
1956-1958	BSK Beograd
1958-1959	FK Sarajevo
1959-1960	OFK Beograd
1964-1965	Libya
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Vojin "Škoba" Božović (Cyrillic: Војин Божовић, born 1 January 1913 in Cetinje – died 19 April 1983 in Belgrade) was a first professional Montenegrin, Yugoslav international, football player and manager.

Playing career

He was the best player in the history of Montenegro and one of the best forwards in the Yugoslav football during the royal period. He was agreat dribler, fantasyst, strong and with an excellent shot with his left foot, beside being an excellent executor of the free kicks. He started playing in 1931 in the youth squad of Belgrade's SK Jugoslavija. He represented SK Obilić Belgrade, where he formed the front line with the brothers Boža and Kojke Popović, Mačva Šabac, where he played along his brother Vida, SK Jugoslavija and SK Anastas. His best years were spent while playing in BSK Belgrade where, alongside the best country's players Aleksandar Tirnanić, Đorđe Vujadinović, Moša Marjanović, and Svetislav Glišović, won three national titles. After the end of the Second World War, he played for SR Montenegro in the 1945 championship, and since the reestablishment of the league, he played for FK Budućnost Titograd where he held the managerial job, as well.

National team

Beside eleven matches played for Belgrade city selection, and three matches for the Yugoslav B team, he played nine matches for the Yugoslavia national football team, having scored five goals. His debut was in a friendly match in 6 September 1936 in Belgrade against Poland (9-3 win), where he scored two goals, and his last match was in the last match before WWII, against Hungary in Belgrade (1-1).

Coaching career

He started coaching while still was playing, doing both functions, in Budućnost Titograd. He was the main coach of Yugoslav First League clubs like Radnički Beograd, BSK Beograd, latter called OFK, and FK Sarajevo. For many years he worked abroad, in Libya and Kuwait.^[1]

Honours

As player:

BSK Belgrade
- 3 times Yugoslav First League Champion: 1934-35, 1935-36 and 1938-39

References

↑ Player, national team and managerial career

External sources

FK Budućnost Podgorica – managers

Dedović (19xx–xx)
V.Božović (19xx–xx)
Atanacković (19xx–xx)
Nenković (19xx–xx)
Varagić (197x–76)
Valok (1976–77)
Milošević (1977–78)
Živadinović (1986–87)
Poklepović (1987–89)
Radonjić (1989–90)
Đorić (1990–91)
Živadinović (1991–92)
Okuka (1998–99)
Radonjić (2002–03)
Bajić (2003)
Milačić (2003–06)
M.Božović (2006–07)
Babić (2007–08)
Radovic (2008)
Ješić (2008–09)
Ivanović (2009–10)
Dragićević (2010^c)
Rakojević (2010–11)
Petrović (2011)
Radulović (2011–)

OFK Beograd – managers

Engel (1927)
Nemes (1930–35)
Uridil (1935)
Nemes (1936–39)
Mészáros (1939–40)
Popović (1940–XX)
Ralić (1946–47)
Broćić (1947–50)
Ćirić (1951–53)
Marjanović (1953–56)
Božović (1956–58)
Božović (1959–60)
Vujadinović (1960–61)
Ćirić (1961–63)
Kos (1963)
Antić (1963–6X)
D. Milić (196X–6X)
Milutinović (196X–67)
Mihajlović (1967–69)
Zec (1969–70)
Drenovac (1970–71)
Marović (1971–72)
Šoškić (1972)
Beogradac (1976–7X)
Krivokuća (19XX)
Milenković (1996–97)
Ješić (1998–99)
Radinović (1999–00)
Ivančević (2000)
Varga (2000–01)
Kuzmanovski (2003–04)
Bekvalac (2004^c)
Babić (2004–05)
Krčmarević (2005–06)
Dostanić (2006–07)
Vukašinović (2007–08)
Petrović (2008^c)
Ivanović (2008–09)
Krunić (2009)
Đurđević (2009–11)
Babić (2012)
Kuzmanovski (2012)
Milinković (2012–present)

Libya national football team – managers

Elliott (1961–63)
Božović (1964–65)
Skinner (1965–66)
Spurgeon (1967–68)
Arribi (1968–69)
Ozon (1972–74)
McLennan (xxxx–xx)
El-Semy (xxxx–xx)
Moldovan (1998)
Bilardo (1999–2000)
Lemme (2000–xx)
Sillini (xxxx–xx)
Lončarević (2003–04)
El Khemisy (200x–05)
Lončarević (2005–06)
Saleh (2006)
Bani (2006–07)
Benzarti (2007–09)
Smiljanić (2009–10)
Paquetá (2010–12)
Arbeesh (2012–)

Persondata
Name	Bozovic, Vojin
Alternative names	Војин Божовић
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	1 January 1913
Place of birth	Cetinje, Kingdom of Montenegro
Date of death	19 April 1983
Place of death	Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia

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