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Vasilije "Čiko" Radović (Serbian Cyrillic: Василије Радовић, 10 September 1938 – 25 March 2019) was a Yugoslav football goalkeeper and manager. Born in Montenegro, he spent most of his life in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Radović has made three appearances for the Yugoslavia national team between 1964 and 1965.

Club career

Early career and transfer to Željezničar

Radović started playing in Lovćen. During a friendly match with his team in 1957, Željezničar officials spotted him and decided to offer him to start playing for their club. He accepted the offer. He stayed in Željezničar for nine years.

He even scored a goal for the club in the 1963–64 league season.

Fenerbahçe

In 1966, Radović moved to Turkish side Fenerbahçe S.K.. He won the 1966–67 Balkans Cup with the club. However, he returned to Željezničar after only one season in Fenerbahçe.

Return to Željezničar and retirement

After returning to Željezničar, Radović played four more seasons until he decided to retire in 1971 because of an Achilles tendon injury. He played 307 official games for the club, 209 of them being league games, and has also scored 1 goal.

International career

Radović made his debut for the Yugoslavia national team in an October 1964 friendly match against Hungary. He collected a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a September 1965 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Luxembourg.^[1]

Managerial career

After retiring, Radović continued to work in football. He was a youth team coach in Željezničar and in the 1976–77 season he was a first team caretaker manager for the remainder of the season, after Milan Ribar stepped down.

Radović continued to work with the club in various front office roles after that. He is one of the meritorious ones for saving Željezničar during the Bosnian War from 1992 until 1995.

Death

Radović died on 25 March 2019, at the age of 80 in Cetinje, Montenegro.^[2]

Honours

Player

Fenerbahçe

Balkans Cup: 1966–67

References

^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
^ D.B. (25 March 2019). "Umro bivši golman Željezničara Vasilije Čiko Radović, zaslužan za opstanak kluba tokom rata" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 25 March 2019.

External links

Vasilije Radović at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 6 October 2020.

[2] D.B. (25 March 2019). "Umro bivši golman Željezničara Vasilije Čiko Radović, zaslužan za opstanak kluba tokom rata" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 25 March 2019.

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