Vejsil Varupa
Vejsil Varupa (born 25 January 1971) is a Bosnian former footballer.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vejsil Varupa | ||
| Date of birth | 25 January 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Vitez, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Vitez | |||
| 1988–1992 | Sarajevo | 63 | (0) |
| 1992–1994 | Varteks | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1991–1992 | Yugoslavia U21 | 13 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
During the Bosnian War, he was a member of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and was rumored to have been killed in 1994. A big talent, he played alongside future starts like Zlatko Zahović and Mario Stanić for Yugoslav representative teams, but his career ended at age 22 after he was seriously injured in a road accident where teammate Esad Zilkić died.[2][3]
Personal life
He was the older brother of Elvedin Varupa.[4]
References
- Tempo (1990-08-01). "Prva liga 90/91" (in Serbo-Croatian).
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - Nepoznati Dalić: Prije svake utakmice stavljao je puno gela u kosu - Germanijak (in Croatian)
- Varaždin u tuzi i šoku - IndexHR (in Croatian)
- Prepuna Pirota odaje počast Elvedinu Varupi - SportSports (in Bosnian)
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