Vasilije Stojković
Serbian basketball player and football executive From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Serbian basketball player and football executive From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vasilije "Vasa" Stojković (Serbian Cyrillic: Василије Васа Стојковић; January 8, 1923 – June 25, 2008) was a Serbian sports journalist, basketball player and association football executive.
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Василије Стојковић | ||||||||||||||||||
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Died | 25 June 2008 85) | (aged|||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Serbian | |||||||||||||||||
Other names | Vasa | |||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | University of Belgrade | |||||||||||||||||
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Years active | 1946–1983 | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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Playing career | 1942–1949 | |||||||||||||||||
Position | Guard | |||||||||||||||||
Number | 6, 9 | |||||||||||||||||
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1942 | BTK | |||||||||||||||||
1945 | Serbia | |||||||||||||||||
1946–1949 | Crvena zvezda | |||||||||||||||||
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Stojkovic has been engaged in sports journalism for more than 25 years. He started to work as journalist in 1946 and worked in the newspapers and magazines: Naš sport (1947–1952; sports journalist), Sport (1952–1962; editor of the football section), Eho (1962–1963, editor-in-chief) and Večernje novosti (1963–1971, editor of sports section). During his career, he reported from 45 countries from four continents, with several world championships and Olympic games.
Stojković played for Belgrade-based team Crvena zvezda of the Yugoslav First League where he won four Yugoslav Championships.[1]
Stojković has played 26 games for the Yugoslavia national team.[2]
Stojković was a secretary-general of the Football Association of Yugoslavia (1971–1977) and a secretary-general of Red Star Belgrade (1980–1983).[3][2] He was a chief operating officer of the 1973 European Cup Final and the UEFA Euro 1976.[3]
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