Žarko Varajić

Olympic medal record
Competitor for Yugoslavia
Men's Basketball
EuroBasket
	1979 Italy	Team Competition
	1977 Belgium	Team Competition
Olympic Games
	1976 Montreal	Team Competition

Žarko Varajić (Serbian Cyrillic: Жарко Варајић; born December 26, 1951 in Nikšić, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia) is a retired Serbian basketball player that represented SFR Yugoslavia as a player, including at the 1976 Summer Olympic Games, where he won a silver medal.^[1]

Club career

Eighteen-year-old Varajić arrived at Bosna, a club competing in the second-tier of Yugoslav basketball, in 1970.^[2] With young players such as Ante Đogić, Rođeni Krvavac, and center Zdravko Čečur on the roster, the club sought promotion to the top-tier Yugoslav First League, a feat that had been eluding them for decades.

During summer 1971, the head coaching post was taken over by the 24-year-old Bogdan Tanjević who had just retired from playing. The young squad led by a young rookie head coach, with new acquisition 22-year-old Svetislav Pešić from KK Partizan, the only player on the roster to have previously played top-tier basketball,^[3] KK Bosna managed to gain promotion to the top-tier Yugoslav First League.

In 1979, Varajić scored 45 points - the record in the number of points scored in the final matches of the European Champions' Cup (nowadays the Euroleague) during the period he played with Bosna Sarajevo against the Italian Emerson Varese in Bosna's triumph 96-93, in Grenoble, France.

Administrative career

Varajić is employed at Serbian Basketball Federation (KSS) as a coordinator responsible for the youth national teams.

References

↑ Olympic results
↑ Tomašević, Aleksandar (16 March 1978). "Kad se Skenderijom prolomi "Varaja majstore!"". Ven. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
↑ Sofić, Ibrahim (4 April 2014). "Boša o tituli iz 1979: Neki drugi svijet". Al Jazeera Balkans. Retrieved 7 September 2015.

External links

FIBA Profile

Yugoslavia squad – 1976 Summer Olympics – Silver medal

4 Georgievski 5 Kićanović 6 Jelovac 7 Žižić 8 Jerkov 9 Knego 10 Slavnić 11 Ćosić 12 Šolman 13 Varajić 14 Dalipagić 15 Delibašić Coach: Novosel

Yugoslavia squad – EuroBasket 1977 – Gold medal

4 Papič 5 Kićanović 6 Jelovac 7 Krstulović 8 Jerkov 9 Đogić 10 Slavnić 11 Ćosić 12 Radovanović 13 Varajić 14 Dalipagić 15 Delibašić Coach: Nikolić

Yugoslavia squad – EuroBasket 1979 – Bronze medal

4 Vilfan 5 Kićanović 6 Žižić 7 Varajić 8 Jerkov 9 Nakić 10 Slavnić 11 Ćosić 12 Radovanović 13 Krstulović 14 Dalipagić 15 Delibašić Coach: Skansi

Euroleague Finals Top Scorer

Pre Final Four Era 1958 to 1987	1958: Radev 1959: Krūmiņš 1960: Krūmiņš 1961: Zubkov 1962: Hightower 1963: Rodríguez 1964: Rodríguez 1965: Luyk 1966: Zídek Sr. 1967: Chubin 1968: Aiken 1969: Andreev 1970: Belov 1971: Belov 1972: Skansi 1973: Belov 1974: Meneghin 1975: Morse 1976: Morse 1977: Boatwright 1978: Szczerbiak 1979: Varajić 1980: Williams 1981: Bonamico 1982: Flowers 1983: Bryant & Riva 1984: San Epifanio "Epi" 1985: Petrović 1986: Sabonis 1987: Johnson

Final Four Era 1988 to present	1988: McAdoo 1989: Jamchi 1990: Kukoč 1991: Savić 1992: Danilović 1993: Teagle 1994: Martínez 1995: Sabonis 1996: Karnišovas 1997: Rivers 1998: Rigaudeau 1999: Rigaudeau 2000: Huffman 2001: Bodiroga (SuproLeague) / Ginóbili & Bennett & Alexander (Euroleague) 2002: Ginóbili 2003: Bodiroga 2004: Parker & Vujanić 2005: Jasikevičius 2006: Solomon 2007: Papaloukas 2008: Bynum 2009: Holden 2010: Navarro 2011: Batiste 2012: Papanikolaou 2013: Spanoulis 2014: Rice 2015: Lojeski

Bosna 1978–79 Euroleague Champions

Delibašić Varajić Pešić Radovanović Benaček Bilalović Hadžić Bosiočić Đogić Vučević Izić Zrno Coach Tanjević

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