Boško Bursać
Yugoslav footballer (1945–2020)
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Boško Bursać (Serbian Cyrillic: Бошко Бурсаћ; 22 August 1945 – 8 April 2020) was a Yugoslav professional footballer.[1]
Full name
Boško Bursać
Date of birth
22 August 1945
Place of birth
Bosansko Grahovo, DF Yugoslavia
Date of death
8 April 2020 (aged 74)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Boško Bursać | ||
| Date of birth | 22 August 1945 | ||
| Place of birth | Bosansko Grahovo, DF Yugoslavia | ||
| Date of death | 8 April 2020 (aged 74) | ||
| Place of death | Arnhem, Netherlands | ||
| Position | 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 | |||
Club career
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]
