sport.wikisort.org - Athlete

Borivoje "Borko" Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Боривоје "Борко" Јовановић) was a Serbian basketball player. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.

Borko Jovanović

Personal information
Nationality	Serbian
Career information
Playing career	1949–1958
Number	13
Career history
1949–1958	Crvena zvezda
Career highlights and awards
7× Yugoslav League champion (1949–1955)

Playing career

Jovanović played for a Belgrade-based team Crvena zvezda of the Yugoslav First League during 1950s. His teammates were Milan Bjegojević, Ladislav Demšar, Borislav Ćurčić, Dragan Godžić, Aleksandar Gec, Đorđe Andrijašević and many others.[1] He won seven Yugoslav Championships with the Zvezda. Over nine seasons with the Zvezda he played 127 games.

In July 1950, he was a member of the Zvezda squad that won an international cup tournament in Milan, Italy.[2]

National team career

Jovanović was a member of the Yugoslavia national basketball team that placed th at the 1953 European Championship in Moscow, the Soviet Union. Over two tournament games, he averaged 3.0 points per game.[3]

Personal life

Jovanović had one brother, Slavoljub "Slava", who was a basketball player, also. Slava played for BSK Beograd from 1951 to 1953.[4][5]

Career achievements and awards

• Yugoslav League champion: 7 (with Crvena zvezda: 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955).

See also

• List of KK Crvena zvezda players with 100 games played
• Jovanović (family name)

References

---