Legendary basketball coach Duško Vujošević, who died on April 8 at the age of 68, was buried in the Alley of Deserving Citizens at the New Cemetery in Belgrade
Legendary coach, Dusko Vujosevic, was buried today (April 14) in the Alley of Meritorious Citizens at the New Cemetery in Belgrade.
His departure saddened the wider public in Serbia and the region, as well as basketball fans throughout Europe. Before the funeral, an emotional commemoration was held in Assembly of the City of Belgrade.
The commemoration was attended by family, friends, colleagues, former players, people from public life and many others who shared the floor and life with Vujošević in previous years.
Among others, the Belgrade City Assembly included Predrag Danilović, Željko Obradović, Dušan Kecman, Aleksandar Đorđević, Ostoja Mijailović, Ivica Dačić, Boris Tadić, Dejan Bodiroga and many others.
At the commemoration of Duško Vujošević, the poet Sinan Gudžević, Vujošević's friend, addressed those gathered first.
"I knew Duško Vujošević for 40 years straight, Božo Koprivica, a great Partizan, introduced me to him in a restaurant in Zagreb. That was during the time of the former Yugoslavia. We say we know everything about death, but it always surprises us. For seven days now, the nation of Partizans mourns Duško Vujošević, who declared during his lifetime that he was a Partisan by nationality. He was honored, the one who gave them more joy than all the coaches before and after him," said Gudžević.
On behalf of the Vujošević family, a farewell speech was given at the New Cemetery by the former president of Serbia, Duško's friend, Boris Tadić.
"I think it's an honor for everyone who came here to see off a great man. I didn't know a better one. Dule dedicated his life to Partizan. Thank you to Partizan that Dule was sent off the way he deserved, with dignity and with a lot of emotion. Special thanks to the fans of Partizan, for the love you shared with the "general" for the club," said Tadić.
Ostoja Mijailović, president of Partizan, spoke at the commemoration in the Belgrade City Assembly.
"It's hard to find words when we say goodbye to a man who meant to all of us. He wasn't just a great coach, we all know that, history will speak of his results. For me, and many others here, he was much more than that. He was a man of attitude, character, he never chose the easy way, he always spoke the truth even when it hurt us all. I was lucky and honored to know him. I would listen to his advice when it was the hardest. His words were more than advice, they were the strength to continue further, to be believed", said Mijailović.
Duško Vujošević left a deep mark in basketball, and he will be remembered as the coach with the most trophies in the history of Partizan.
Vujošević, one of the most important basketball coaches in the history of Yugoslav and Serbian basketball, was born on March 3, 1959 in Podgorica. He started his coaching career unusually early, working with the younger categories, and already at the age of 26 he took over the helm of the first team of Partizan.
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