Djuradj Vujcic

Djuradj Vujcic
Born 1992 (age 22)
Canada Toronto, Ontario
Occupation Journalist
Nationality Canadian
Relatives
  • Prvoslav Vujcic (father)
Website
urbanbookcircle.com

Djuradj Vujcic[a] is a Canadian sports journalist and translator.[1] He is the co-founder, owner and editor-in-chief of the Urban Book Circle.[2]

He has contributed as a correspondent for B92 Sport[3][4][5] and is a member of the Canadian Association of Journalists and the Royal Canadian Legion.[6]

Life

In 2005, Vujcic illustrated the book Deveto koleno sve/mira written by his father Prvoslav Vujcic.[7] In October 2006, he was awarded the title of "youngest sports journalist in Canadian journalism history" due to his article published in Mi magazin[8] and Sportski žurnal.[8]

From 2007 to 2009, he was the editor-in-chief of the Serbian White Eagles FC website. From 2009 to 2011, he worked for Rogers TV as an assistant to Kate Beirness and for Serbian TV Toronto.

In 2009, he won the Literary Guild Award for his work.[9] A year later, he was chosen as a "young talent of the Serbian diaspora."[10] Vujcic has also worked with Boris Spremo and Radio Television of Serbia.[11]

Since 2012, he contributes articles to RedNation Online.[12]

He runs the Gravediggers Toronto 1987 fan-club which plans to organize an international friendly match between FK Partizan and Toronto FC.[13] After it was reported in late 2011 that Rivaldo wanted to join Partizan, Vujcic and Gravediggers Toronto 1987 organized a petition to convince the Partizan management to sign Rivaldo to a one-year deal. The petition was signed by 14,224 people.[14]

HRH Crown Prince Alexander II Karadjordjevic has recommended him for his Photoshop, PowerPoint and Microsoft Office skills.[11]

Vujcic was first to break the news that Veljko Paunović is going into coaching.[15] In June 2013, it was rumoured that Dejan Stanković would extend his career and sign with Toronto FC. Vujcic wrote a critique of Stanković, convincing the Toronto FC staff not to sign him. Stanković subsequently retired.[16]

After the 2014 Southeast Europe floods, the Urban Book Circle donated over $50,000 CAD worth of sleeping bags and 300 kilograms of baby food to the areas affected in Serbia.[17]

Annotations

  1. ^ Serbian: Ђурађ Вујчић, Đurađ Vujčić

References

  1. ↑ Notably penning the English translation of Nizamski rastanak.
  2. ↑ Urban Book Circle. "Urban Book Circle Contributors". Retrieved 2013-07-19.
  3. ↑ Djuradj Vujcic, B92 (2012-06-13). "Priča o srpskom fudbalu u kanadskom Londonu". Retrieved 2012-06-13.
  4. ↑ Djuradj Vujcic, B92 (2012-09-18). "Borjan za B92: Kanada može na SP" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2012-09-19.
  5. ↑ B92 (2014-01-09). "Orlovi između Portlanda i Nagoje". Retrieved 2014-02-23.
  6. ↑ Urban Book Circle About us section
  7. ↑ Prvoslav Vujčić, Deveto koleno sve/mira, pg. 115, Beogradska knjiga. 2005. ISBN 86-7590-108-9
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Mi magazin, number 70, pages 13-14, October 2006. ISSN 142-0697
  9. ↑ Mi magazin, Volume 6, number 22, page 30, November 2006. ISSN 142-0697
  10. ↑ Vesti (2010-02-16). "Visoki dometi mladih talenata". Retrieved 2012-06-02.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Urban Book Circle (2013-05-16). "Djuradj Vujcic biography". Retrieved 2013-07-28.
  12. ↑ RedNation Online. "RedNation Online Contributors". Retrieved 2012-07-06.
  13. ↑ Mi magazin, Volume 8, number 26, page 27, April 2008. ISSN 142-0697
  14. ↑ Peticije 24 (2011-12-16). "Partizan fans request a one-year deal for Rivaldo" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2013-07-25.
  15. ↑ Vujcic, Djuradj (2012-03-29). "Veljko Paunovic RedNation Online Interview". Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  16. ↑ Vujcic, Djuradj (2013-06-10). "Stankovic a risky proposition for TFC". Retrieved 2014-02-23.
  17. ↑ http://www.urbanbookcircle.com/home.html

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