Duško Vujošević

SFR Yugoslavia youth teams

1988 European Championship for Juniors

As head coach of the Yugoslavia junior national team (players born in 1970), Vujošević won the 1988 European Championship for Juniors held on home soil in Titov Vrbas and Srbobran. Playing at home with a talented squad led by Predrag Danilović, Arijan Komazec, Žan Tabak, Rastko Cvetković, Oliver Popović, and Dževad Alihodžić, Yugoslavia won all of its games en route to the trophy.

1991 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

In the summer of 1991, Vujošević selected the Yugoslav U19 team for the World Under-19 Championship in Edmonton, Canada. With Veljko Mršić, Dejan Bodiroga, Dragan Tarlać, Borko Radović, Željko Rebrača, Teo Čizmić, and Željko Topalović on its roster, the team made it out of the initial group stage with a 2–1 record (winning over Soviet Union and Syria, but losing to Brazil). In the following group stage, Vujošević's Yugoslavia faced Italy (loss), Romania (win), and Spain (loss), finishing tied for the second spot with Spain with a 1–2 record, however, Yugoslavs advanced because of better basket difference thus qualifying for the semifinals. In the semifinals, Yugoslavia faced the United States led by Lance Miller, Bryan Caver, Wesley Person, Khalid Reeves, Ed Stokes, and Antonio Lang, losing a close game 74–76. In the 3rd place match versus Argentina featuring Jorge Racca, Gabriel Cocha Silva, Gabriel Diaz, Alejandro Montecchia, Carlos Simoni, Claudio Farabello, and…

Born in Titograd, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia to parents from the Kuči region, Vujošević was only five years old when the family moved to Belgrade. He held Serbian citizeship ever since, declared himself a Yugoslav, Montenegrin and Serbian.

Vujošević sufferred from diabetes, which over the years caused the emergence of gangrene. In September 2017, he had to amputate the fourth toe on his left foot due to gangrene. In May 2018, he was made an honorary citizen of Sarajevo for his extraordinary contribution to the development of sport and the affirmation of Sarajevo and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2025, Vujošević underwent a kidney transplant. He died in Belgrade on 8 April 2026, at the age of 67. He had been hospitalized in Belgrade in March after experiencing heart and kidney issues following his kidney transplant.