Ljubodrag Duci Simonović, najbolji jugoslovenski košarkaš: O svemu i svačemu, samo ne o Upravo u tom periodu, godišnji Duci je dao sledeći intervju. Ljubodrag Simonovic. Full Name: Ljubodrag Simonovic. Height: ( cm) Weight: lbs (84 kg). Born: January 10, (Age: d) in Kraljevo, Serbia. I guess that, for many basketball lovers, the name of Ljubodrag Simonovic aka Duci (prononced Dutsi) does not mean a lot. However, those.
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All the seven young ones had an important role as Yugoslavia won its first gold medal in a big competition.
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Ljuubodrag together, he won 6 gold medals and 2 silver medals. This is his story. Petersburg by a single points, In the season he won his second league with Crvena Zvezda and takes his team to the final of the Cup Winners Cup played in Thessaloniki.
Ljubodrag SIMONOVIC – Olympic Basketball | Yugoslavia
He dedicated himself to fighting double morals, doping, ruthless commercialization of sports and basically everything he considered wrong. From tohe played for 1.
But Zeravica knew that he had a lot of potential in a team that just needed some time. It was later proven that two players from the Puerto Rican side had used illegal doping substances, prompting a protest from the Yugoslav players.
Ranko Zeravica, the coach of the Yugoslav national team, had a golden generation in his hands: Duci scored 10 points.
After his retirement from sport he has written various books, including: Duci Simonovic took his bag simonvic walked out of the Olympic Village.
Yugoslavia squad — Mediterranean Games — Gold medal. The directors, fearing a severe fine, intervened to avoid the fleeing of ljubosrag players and all changed their decision.
Currently ljkbodrag have JavaScript disabled. University of Belgrade LL. I remember one of his best performances against Partizan, in which he scored 59 points! Those interested about the life and ideas of Ljubodrag Duci Simonovic can find a lot of articles, forums and interesting things on the Internet.
Ljubodrag Simonovic: The rebel genius
He knew that basketball was not his future. However, those whose memory reaches back to the seventies will surely remember a great player whose brilliant talent clashed with his strong personality and ideas, a combination that shortened a career that could have been much bigger.
Duci was a modern player, way ahead of his time. In Yugoslavia he was not able to find a job. In the world of basketball there are many players with university degrees and in this aspect, Duci Simonovic is not an exception.
Cliques were being formed within the squad and things eventually boiled over on 10 January in Tel Aviv during the away contest versus Maccabi, the first game of the quarterfinals ljubosrag stage.
He was a pete athlete, physically powerful but with good technique.
Porto San Giorgio, Simonovic had to stay home. He kept a low profile.
Ljubodrag Simonović
By using this site, you agree simonovix the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Views Read Edit View history. Since then, and for many years, he kind of disappeared. That team won its first Olympic medal, a silver one, after defeating the USSR in semifinals with two historic free throws by Cvetkovic with three seconds to go. His playing career ended, while he was a player-coach in Stara Pazova, due to a burst capillary in his throat.
Retrieved 24 January He lives in Belgrade, with his dog, and writes books. For Red Star Belgrade, he wore number 11 while for the national team, he wore number 5.