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Nationality | Serbian |
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Playing career | 1949–1958 |
Number | 13 |
Career history | |
1949–1958 | Crvena zvezda |
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Borivoje "Borko" Jovanović ( Serbian Cyrillic: Боривоје "Борко" Јовановић) was a Serbian basketball player. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.
Jovanović played for a Belgrade-based team Crvena zvezda of the Yugoslav First League during 1950s. His teammates were Milan Bjegojević, Ladislav Demšar, Borislav Ćurčić, Dragan Godžić, Aleksandar Gec, Đorđe Andrijašević and many others. [1] He won seven Yugoslav Championships with the Zvezda. Over nine seasons with the Zvezda he played 127 games.
In July 1950, he was a member of the Zvezda squad that won an international cup tournament in Milan, Italy. [2]
Jovanović was a member of the Yugoslavia national basketball team that placed th at the 1953 European Championship in Moscow, the Soviet Union. Over two tournament games, he averaged 3.0 points per game. [3]
Jovanović had one brother, Slavoljub "Slava", who was a basketball player, also. Slava played for BSK from 1951 to 1953. [4] [5]