Borislav Đurović

Borislav Đurović (Cyrillic: Борислав Ђуровић; 12 March 1952 – 25 April 2003) was a Montenegrin professional footballer.^[1][2]

Borislav Đurović

Personal information
Full name	Borislav Đurović
Date of birth	(1952-03-18)18 March 1952
Place of birth	Nikšić, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia
Date of death	25 April 2003(2003-04-25) (aged 51)
Place of death	Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
Position(s)	Left back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1973	Sutjeska
1975–1980	Partizan	139	(3)
1980–1981	Real Valladolid	12	(0)
International career
1970–1972	Yugoslavia U20	30	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Nicknamed Gajica, Đurović started his career at hometown club Sutjeska, but was not allowed by them to move to a bigger club after Sutjeska's relegation in 1973. After two years without playing, he finally joined Partizan for whom he played 313 games in all competitions and scoring 14 games and won two league titles.^[3] He scored for Partizan in the 1978–79 European Cup against East German side Dynamo Dresden.

He later had two seasons abroad in Spain, with Real Valladolid.

Death

He suddenly died in 2003, aged only 51. A fountain was erected by Partizan in his honour in Nikšić.^[4]

Honours

Partizan

• Yugoslav First League: 1975–76, 1977–78.

References

1. FK Partizan (3 January 2016). "Igrači Partizana 1945. – 2015. – FK Partizan". Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
2. FK Partizan (25 April 2003). "In memoriam - Borislav Đurović (1952- 2003)". Retrieved 26 July 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
3. Gajica za sva vremena - Novine Nikšića (in Serbian)
4. Nikšićani ne zaboravljaju: Spomen-česma za Gajicu - Novosti(in Serbian)

External links

• Borislav Đurović at WorldFootball.net
• Foto arhiva- Borislav Đurović (1952 – 2003) - CRNO-BELA NOSTALGIJA (in Serbian)