Vojin Božović

Vojin "Škoba" Božović (Cyrillic: Војин Божовић; 1 January 1913 – 19 April 1983) was a Yugoslav and Montenegrin football player and manager.

Vojin Božović

Personal information
Date of birth	(1913-01-01)1 January 1913
Place of birth	Cetinje, Kingdom of Montenegro
Date of death	19 April 1983(1983-04-19) (aged 70)
Place of death	Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1931–xxx	Budućnost Podgorica
	Jugoslavija
	SK Obilić
	Mačva Šabac
	Jugoslavija
	SK Anastas Beograd
1934–1940	BSK	62	(34)
1945	SR Crna Gora
1946–1949	Budućnost Titograd	52	(25)
International career
1936–1941	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	8	(5)
Managerial career
1946–1955	Budućnost Titograd
1955–1956	Radnički Beograd
1956–1958	BSK Beograd
1958–1959	Sarajevo
1959–1960	OFK Beograd
1964–1965	Libya
1967–1970	Qadsia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Club

He was among the best players in the history of Montenegro and one of the best forwards in the Yugoslav football during the royal period. He was a great dribbler, fantasist, strong and with an excellent shot with his left foot, beside being an excellent executor of the free kicks.

He started playing in 1931 in the youth squad of Podgorica's Budućnost and Belgrade's SK Jugoslavija. He represented SK Obilić, where he formed the front line with the brothers Boža and Kojke Popović, Mačva Šabac, where he played along his brother Vida, SK Jugoslavija and SK Anastas. His best years were spent while playing in BSK where, alongside the best country's players Aleksandar Tirnanić, Đorđe Vujadinović, Moša Marjanović, and Svetislav Glišović, won three national titles. After the end of World War II, he played for SR Montenegro in the 1945 championship, and since the reestablishment of the league, he played for Budućnost Titograd where he held the managerial job, as well.

International

Beside eleven matches played for Belgrade city selection, and three matches for the Yugoslav B team, he played 8 matches for the Yugoslavia national football team, having scored five goals. His debut was in a friendly match on 6 September 1936 in Belgrade against Poland (9–3 win), where he scored two goals, and his last match was in the last match before World War II, against Hungary in Belgrade (1–1).^[1]

Coaching career

He started coaching while still was playing, doing both functions, in Budućnost Titograd. He was the main coach of Yugoslav First League clubs like Radnički Beograd, BSK Beograd, latter called OFK, and FK Sarajevo. For many years he worked abroad, in Libya and Kuwait.^[2]

Honours

BSK

• Yugoslav Championship: 1935, 1936, 1938–39