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Zoran Bojović

Yugoslavian footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ787984
Source-derived summary

Zoran Bojović (Cyrillic: Зоран Бојовић; born 26 November 1956) is a Yugoslav retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He also holds Belgian citizenship.

Playing career

International

Bojović made his debut for Yugoslavia in an October 1983 European Championship qualification match against Norway and earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. His second and final international was a friendly match, two weeks after his debut, against Switzerland.

Managerial career

He extended his contract as manager of Belgian lower league side UR Namur in March 2020.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Zoran Bojović” as yugoslavian footballer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Zoran, Bojović and Yugoslavian.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1956, 1983, 2020—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1956-11-26, 1956-11-20—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Zoran, Bojović and Yugoslavian providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q787984. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1956, 1983 and 2020.

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This entry incorporates text from Zoran Bojović” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.