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Vejsil Varupa (born 25 January 1971) is a Bosnian former footballer.[1]

Vejsil Varupa

Personal information
Full name	Vejsil Varupa
Date of birth	(1971-01-25) 25 January 1971 (age 51)
Place of birth	Vitez, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Vitez
1988–1992	Sarajevo	63	(0)
1992–1994	Varteks	0	(0)
National team
1991–1992	Yugoslavia U21	13	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

During the Bosnian War, he was a member of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and was rumored to have been killed in 1994.^{[citation needed]} A big talent, he played alongside future starts like Zlatko Zahović and Mario Stanić for Yugoslav representative teams, but his career ended at age 22 after he was seriously injured in a road accident where teammate Esad Zilkić died.[2][3]

Personal life

He was the older brother of Elvedin Varupa.[4]

References

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