Vejsil Varupa
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Vejsil Varupa | ||
Date of birth | 25 January 1971 | ||
Place of birth | Vitez, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Vitez | |||
1988–1992 | Sarajevo | 63 | (0) |
1992–1994 | Varteks | 0 | (0) |
National team | |||
1991–1992 | Yugoslavia U21 | 13 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Vejsil Varupa (born January 25, 1971 - died 1994) is a former Bosnian footballer.[1]
During the Bosnian War, he was a member of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and was rumored to have been killed.[citation needed] A big talent, he played alongside future starts like Zlatko Zahović and Mario Stanić for Yugoslav representative teams, but his career ended at age 22 after he was seriously injured in a road accident where teammate died.[2][3]
Personal life[]
He was the older brother of Elvedin Varupa.[4]
References[]
- ^ Tempo (1990-08-01). "Prva liga 90/91" (in Serbo-Croatian). Missing or empty
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(help) - ^ Nepoznati Dalić: Prije svake utakmice stavljao je puno gela u kosu - Germanijak (in Croatian)
- ^ Varaždin u tuzi i šoku - IndexHR (in Croatian)
- ^ Prepuna Pirota odaje počast Elvedinu Varupi - SportSports (in Bosnian)
Categories:
- 1971 births
- Living people
- People from Vitez
- Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Association football defenders
- Yugoslav footballers
- Yugoslavia under-21 international footballers
- Bosnia and Herzegovina footballers
- NK Vitez players
- NK Varaždin players
- FK Sarajevo players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Croatia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina football biography stubs