Borislav "Boro" Vučević (Serbian Cyrillic: Борислав Вучевић; born August 7, 1958) is a Montenegrin former professional basketball player. He is the father of NBA All-Star Nikola Vučević.
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Born | (1958-08-07) August 7, 1958 (age 63) Bar, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||
Nationality | Montenegrin / Belgium | |||||||||||||
Listed height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||
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NBA draft | 1980 / Undrafted | |||||||||||||
Playing career | 1975–2002 | |||||||||||||
Position | Small forward | |||||||||||||
Number | 4 | |||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||
1975–1978 | Mladost Bar | |||||||||||||
1978–1987 | Bosna | |||||||||||||
1987–1992 | Adecco Olympique Lausanne | |||||||||||||
1992–1994 | Athlon Ieper | |||||||||||||
1994–1996 | Royal IV Brussels | |||||||||||||
1996–2001 | Okapi Aalstar | |||||||||||||
2001–2002 | Liège | |||||||||||||
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Vučević was a member of the Yugoslavia national team that competed at the EuroBasket 1985 in West Germany. Over eight tournament games, he averaged 9.4 points per game.[1]
Also, Vujačić won the gold medal at the 1983 Mediterranean Games in Morocco.
Vučević's wife, Ljiljana (Née Kubura), was a 6-foot-2 basketball forward for a Sarajevo-based club Željezničar, as well as for the Yugoslavia Cadet national team at the 1976 FIBA Europe Championship for Cadets.[2] They have a son Nikola (born 1990), who is a professional basketball player.[3]
Yugoslavia squad – 1983 Mediterranean Games – Gold medal | ||
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Bosna 1978–79 Euroleague champions | |
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