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Sabahudin "Dino" Bilalović (7 May 1960 – 29 July 2003) was a Bosnian professional basketball player.

Sabahudin Bilalović
Personal information
Born(1960-05-07)7 May 1960
Trebinje, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Died29 July 2003(2003-07-29) (aged 43)
Makarska, Croatia
NationalityBosnian
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Career information
NBA draft1982 / Undrafted
Playing career1977–1999
PositionCenter
Career history
1977–1989Bosna Sarajevo
1989–1990KK Vojvodina
1990–1992Bosna Sarajevo
1992–1993Hapoel Nahariya
1993–1994CB Breogán
1994–1995KK Zagreb
1995Lugano Tigers
1995–1996Speyer
1997–1999Česko 93 Sarajevo
Career highlights and awards
  • Euroleague champion (1979)
  • 3× Yugoslav League champion (1978, 1980, 1983)
  • 2× Yugoslav Cup winner (1978, 1984)
  • EuroBasket Top Scorer (1993)
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Yugoslavia
European Championship for Cadets
1977 FranceTeam

About


He was born in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In 1979, as a player of KK Bosna Sarajevo, in his early career years, he won the Euroleague at the time European Champions Cup.


National team career


He made the national team of Yugoslavia in the early nineties for the 1990 Goodwill Games, the second games which took place in Seattle, United States, along with Dražen Petrović, Toni Kukoč, Žarko Paspalj, Dino Rađa other great stars of Yugoslavian basketball.[1]

Later, in the first appearance of Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team, in EuroBasket 1993, he was the Top Scorer of the tournament averaging 25 (24.6) points per game:


Personal life


Bilalović's mother Ševka Bajraktarević (1934 – 30 September 2013) was the older sister of Silvana Armenulić, famous folk singer in Yugoslavia. Her other sisters Mirjana Bajraktarević and Dina Bajraktarević also maintained folk singing careers of their own.


Death


Bilalović died July 2003 during his vacation to the Croatian coastal town of Makarska from previously diagnosed heart condition.[2] He died of a heart attack on the beach while swimming with his son.[3]


References


  1. IN MEMORIAM: DINO BILALOVIĆ – 29/07/08
  2. "Sabahudin Bilalovic: The Bosnian who left in 2003" ACB. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  3. EUROBASKET NEWS REPORT – 4/9/2009 KK BOSNA marks 30th Anniversary of winning European Champion title – (...) Mirza Delibasic Kindje and Sabahudin Dino Bilalovic have [passed] away, but they will be remembered by all KK Bosna fans forever. (...)



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