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 League champion (1978, 1980, 1983); 2× Yugoslav Cup winner (1978, 1984); EuroBasket Top Scorer (1993);
Men's basketball
Representing Yugoslavia
European Championship for Cadets

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

About

He was born in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In 1979, as a player of KK Bosna Sarajevo, in his early career years, he won the Euroleague at the time European Champions Cup.

National team career

He made the national team of Yugoslavia in the early nineties for the 1990 Goodwill Games, the second games which took place in Seattle, United States, along with Dražen Petrović, Toni Kukoč, Žarko Paspalj, Dino Rađa other great stars of Yugoslavian basketball.^[1]

Later, in the first appearance of Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team, in EuroBasket 1993, he was the Top Scorer of the tournament averaging 25 (24.6) points per game:

vs. Latvia he scored 36 points,
vs. Estonia he scored 29 points,
vs. Croatia he scored 28 points,
vs. Sweden he scored 26 points.
vs. Italy he scored 22 points.
vs. Russia he scored 21 points.
vs. Spain he scored 18 points.
vs. Greece he scored 17 points.

Personal life

Bilalović's mother Ševka Bajraktarević (1934 – 30 September 2013) was the older sister of Silvana Armenulić, famous folk singer in Yugoslavia. Her other sisters Mirjana Bajraktarević and Dina Bajraktarević also maintained folk singing careers of their own.

Death

Bilalović died July 2003 during his vacation to the Croatian coastal town of Makarska from 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 – 4/9/2009 KK 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 – 4/9/2009 KK 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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