Žarko Varajić
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1977 Belgium | Team Competition |
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1976 Montreal | Team Competition |
Žarko Varajić (Serbian Cyrillic: Жарко Варајић; born December 26, 1951 in Nikšić, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia) is a retired Serbian basketball player that represented SFR Yugoslavia as a player, including at the 1976 Summer Olympic Games, where he won a silver medal.[1]
Club career
Eighteen-year-old Varajić arrived at Bosna, a club competing in the second-tier of Yugoslav basketball, in 1970.[2] With young players such as Ante Đogić, Rođeni Krvavac, and center Zdravko Čečur on the roster, the club sought promotion to the top-tier Yugoslav First League, a feat that had been eluding them for decades.
During summer 1971, the head coaching post was taken over by the 24-year-old Bogdan Tanjević who had just retired from playing. The young squad led by a young rookie head coach, with new acquisition 22-year-old Svetislav Pešić from KK Partizan, the only player on the roster to have previously played top-tier basketball,[3] KK Bosna managed to gain promotion to the top-tier Yugoslav First League.
In 1979, Varajić scored 45 points - the record in the number of points scored in the final matches of the European Champions' Cup (nowadays the Euroleague) during the period he played with Bosna Sarajevo against the Italian Emerson Varese in Bosna's triumph 96-93, in Grenoble, France.
Administrative career
Varajić is employed at Serbian Basketball Federation (KSS) as a coordinator responsible for the youth national teams.[citation needed]
References
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