Vojislav Vezović

Vojislav Vezović

Personal information
Born	(1948-11-19) 19 November 1948 Belgrade, FNR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Career information
NBA draft	1972: undrafted
Playing career	1968–1974
Coaching career	1969–2008
Career history
As coach:
1969–1974	Crvena Zvezda Youth
1974–1976	Radnički Kragujevac
1977–1978	Nigeria Women
1979–1981	Šibenka
1981–1982	Sloboda Tuzla
1982–1983	Borovo
1983–1984	OKK Beograd
1984–1987	Apollon Patras
1987–1988	Iraklio
1989–1990	Maroussi
1990–1991	Ilysiakos
1992	OKK Beograd
1993–1994	ENAD Nicosia
1994–1995	Olimpiada Nicosia
1996–1998	Zastava
1998–1999	Al Rayyan
2000–2001	Beopetrol
2001–2002	MKS Pruszków
2003–2008	Atlas
Career highlights and awards
Qatari League champion (1999) Emir of Qatar Cup winner (1999)
Medals Women's basketball Head Coach for Nigeria African Games 1978 Algiers Team

Vojislav Vezović (Serbian Cyrillic: Војислав Везовић; born 19 November 1948) is a Serbian former professional basketball coach and player.

Early life and playing career

Vezović was born in Belgrade, PR Serbia, Yugoslavia. In Belgrade, he graduated from Ivan Goran Kovačić Elementary School and Sixth Belgrade Gymnasium. In 1962, he started to play basketball and grew up with Crvena Zvezda youth teams. Vezović played senior basketball in Crvena zvezda's affiliations: KK Kalemegdan and KK Voždovac. He ended his playing career in 1974.

Coaching career

Vezović was a head coach for the Nigeria women's national team that won the bronze medal at the 1978 All-Africa Games in Algeria. He also coached teams in Greece (Apollon Patras, Iraklio, Maroussi, and Ilysiakos), Cyprus (ENAD Nicosia and Olimpiada Nicosia), Qatar (Al Rayyan), and Poland (MKS Pruszków).