Sabahudin Bilalović

Sabahudin Bilalović
Personal information
Born	7 May 1960; Trebinje,PR Bosnia and Herzegovina,FPR Yugoslavia
Died	29 July 2003(aged 43); Makarska,Croatia
Nationality	Bosnian
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Career information
NBA draft	1982:undrafted
Playing career	1977–1999
Position	Center
Career history
1977–1989	Bosna Sarajevo
1989–1990	KK Vojvodina
1990–1992	Bosna Sarajevo
1992–1993	Hapoel Nahariya
1993–1994	CB Breogán
1994–1995	KK Zagreb
1995	Lugano Tigers
1995–1996	Speyer
1997–1999	Česko 93 Sarajevo
Career highlights and awards
	Euroleague champion(1979); 3×Yugoslav Leaguechampion (1978, 1980, 1983); 2×Yugoslav Cupwinner (1978, 1984); EuroBasket Top Scorer(1993);
Men'sbasketball
RepresentingYugoslavia
European Championship for Cadets

Sabahudin "Dino" Bilalović(7 May 1960 – 29 July 2003) was a Bosnian professionalbasketballplayer.

About

He was born inTrebinje,Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In 1979, as a player ofKK Bosna Sarajevo,in his early career years, he won theEuroleagueat the timeEuropean Champions Cup.

National team career

He made the national team ofYugoslaviain the early nineties for the1990 Goodwill Games,the second games which took place in Seattle, United States, along withDražen Petrović,Toni Kukoč,Žarko Paspalj,Dino Rađaothergreat stars of Yugoslavian basketball.^[1]

Later, in the first appearance ofBosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team,inEuroBasket 1993,he was theTop Scorerof the tournament averaging25(24.6)points per game:

vs.Latviahe scored36 points,
vs.Estoniahe scored29 points,
vs.Croatiahe scored28 points,
vs.Swedenhe scored26 points.
vs.Italyhe scored22 points.
vs.Russiahe scored21 points.
vs.Spainhe scored18 points.
vs.Greecehe scored17 points.

Personal life

Bilalović's mother Ševka Bajraktarević (1934 – 30 September 2013) was the older sister ofSilvana Armenulić,famous folk singer in Yugoslavia. Her other sistersMirjana BajraktarevićandDina Bajraktarevićalso maintained folk singing careers of their own.

Death

Bilalović died July 2003 during his vacation to the Croatian coastal town ofMakarskafrom previously diagnosed heart condition.^[2]He died of a heart attack on the beach while swimming with his son.^[3]

References

^IN MEMORIAM: DINO BILALOVIĆ – 29/07/08
^"Sabahudin Bilalovic: The Bosnian who left in 2003"ACB.Retrieved 2018-05-29.
^EUROBASKET NEWS REPORT – 4/9/2009KK BOSNA marks 30th Anniversary of winning European Champion title – (...) Mirza Delibasic Kindje and Sabahudin Dino Bilalovic have [passed] away, but they will be remembered by all KK Bosna fans forever. (...)

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[1] IN MEMORIAM: DINO BILALOVIĆ – 29/07/08

[2] "Sabahudin Bilalovic: The Bosnian who left in 2003"ACB.Retrieved 2018-05-29.

[3] EUROBASKET NEWS REPORT – 4/9/2009KK BOSNA marks 30th Anniversary of winning European Champion title – (...) Mirza Delibasic Kindje and Sabahudin Dino Bilalovic have [passed] away, but they will be remembered by all KK Bosna fans forever. (...)

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