Žarko Varajić (Serbian

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 Cyrillic: Жарко Варајић; born December 26, 1951 in Nikšić

Nikšić

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, Montenegro

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, SFR Yugoslavia

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) is a retired Montenegrin

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 basketball

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 player that represented SFR Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia national basketball team

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 as a player, including at the 1976 Summer Olympic Games, where he won a silver medal.

In 1979, Varajić scored 45 points - the record in the number of points scored in the final matches of the European Champions' Cup (now days the Euroleague

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) during the period he played with Bosna Sarajevo

KK Bosna

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 against the Italian Emerson Varese

Pallacanestro Varese

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 in Bosna's triumph 96-93, in Grenoble

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, France

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.

Varajić is currently employed at Serbian Basketball Federation

Basketball Federation of Serbia

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as a coordinator responsible for Serbian youth national teams.