Žarko Varajic
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Žarko Varajić (Serbian
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 Cyrillic: Жарко Варајић; born December 26, 1951 in Nikšić
Nikšić
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, Montenegro
Montenegro
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, SFR Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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) is a retired Montenegrin
Montenegro
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 basketball
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
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
-Notable players:-Notable coaches: Aleksandar Nikolić Nico Messina Sandro Gamba Edoardo Rusconi Joe Isaac Carlo Recalcati Valerio Bianchini Ruben Magnano-Sponsorship names:Through the years, due to sponsorship deals, it has been also known as:...

 in Bosna's triumph 96-93, in Grenoble
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, France
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.
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