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Boško Bursać
Yugoslav footballer (1945–2020)
Boško Bursać (Serbian Cyrillic: Бошко Бурсаћ; 22 August 1945 – 8 April 2020) was a Yugoslav professional footballer.[1]
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Boško Bursać | ||
| Date of birth | (1945-08-22)22 August 1945 | ||
| Place of birth | Bosansko Grahovo, DF Yugoslavia | ||
| Date of death | 8 April 2020(2020-04-08) (aged 74) | ||
| Place of death | Arnhem, Netherlands | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1963–1964 | Proleter Zrenjanin | 20 | (11) |
| 1964–1972 | Rijeka | 179 | (90) |
| 1972–1974 | NK Zagreb | 46 | (30) |
| 1974–1980 | Vitesse Arnhem | 125 | (56) |
| Total | 370 | (187) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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Born in Bosansko Grahovo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, then part of Yugoslavia, he started his career at Serbian side FK Proleter Zrenjanin. After only one season, he moved to HNK Rijeka where he was regarded as one of the best forwards and he remains the club's top scorer of all time. He was the club's top scorer for five years. After eight seasons with Rijeka, he spent 2 seasons with NK Zagreb before he continued his career abroad in the Netherlands with Vitesse Arnhem.[2]
Bursać died in Arnhem, Holland on 8 April 2020 at the age of 74.[3][4]
- "TUŽNA VIJEST ZA HRVATSKI NOGOMET! Umro je najbolji strijelac u povijesti Rijeke, miljenik navijača koji je više puta rekao NE moćnicima iz Beograda". sportske.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Sportske novosti. April 8, 2020. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
- Lazzarich, Marinko (2008) (in Croatian). Kantrida bijelih snova. Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0, pp. 451-3.
- Lammers, Lex (8 April 2020). "Vitesse-icoon Bosco Bursac overleden". AD (in Dutch).
- "BOŠKO BURSAĆ... U Nizozemskoj u 74. godini od upale pluća preminuo najbolji strijelac Rijeke svih vremena". www.novilist.hr. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
