Dušan Jelic
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professional basketball player. Like many players from the Balkans
during the 1990s, Jelic obtained a Greek citizenship while playing in the country and thus competed under the name Dušan (Ntousan) Koutsopoulos, while playing there.
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
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Socialist Republic of Serbia
Socialist Republic of Serbia was a socialist state that was a constituent country of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It is a predecessor of modern day Serbia, which served as the biggest republic in the Yugoslav federation and held the largest population of all the Yugoslav...
, SFR Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
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Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
professional basketball player. Like many players from the Balkans
Balkans
The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...
during the 1990s, Jelic obtained a Greek citizenship while playing in the country and thus competed under the name Dušan (Ntousan) Koutsopoulos, while playing there.