Nebojša Vučićević

{{Short description|Serbian football manager and player (1962–2022)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Nebojša Vučićević

| image =

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1962|06|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|03|11|1962|06|29|df=y}}

| death_place = Belgrade, Serbia

| height = 1.81 m

| position = Attacking midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Palilulac Beograd

| years1 = 1981–1984

| clubs1 = OFK Beograd

| caps1 = 44

| goals1 = 16

| years2 = 1984–1989

| clubs2 = Partizan

| caps2 = 140

| goals2 = 27

| years3 = 1989–1990

| clubs3 = Metz

| caps3 = 21

| goals3 = 2

| years4 = 1990

| clubs4 = Salamanca

| caps4 = 8

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 1991

| clubs5 = OFK Beograd

| caps5 = 14

| goals5 = 5

| years6 = 1991–1993

| clubs6 = Daewoo Royals

| caps6 = 38

| goals6 = 1

| years7 = 1994

| clubs7 = Evagoras Paphos

| caps7 = 11

| goals7 = 1

| years8 = 1994–1995

| clubs8 = Mladost Umčari

| caps8 =

| goals8 =

| years9 = 1996

| clubs9 = Železničar Maribor

| caps9 =

| goals9 =

| years10 = 1996–1997

| clubs10 = Mura

| caps10 = 22

| goals10 = 3

| years11 = 1997

| clubs11 = Korotan Prevalje

| caps11 = 10

| goals11 = 1

| years12 = 1998

| clubs12 = Kansas City Attack (indoor)

| caps12 = 8

| goals12 = 11

| totalcaps = 316

| totalgoals = 68

| manageryears1 = 2001–2002

| managerclubs1 = Dorćol

| manageryears2 = 2002

| managerclubs2 = Jedinstvo Brčko

| manageryears3 = 2002–2003

| managerclubs3 = Srem

| manageryears4 = 2003

| managerclubs4 = Radnički Kragujevac

| manageryears5 = 2004–2005

| managerclubs5 = Radnički Beograd

| manageryears6 = 2005

| managerclubs6 = Mladenovac

| manageryears7 = 2006

| managerclubs7 = Obilić

| manageryears8 = 2006

| managerclubs8 = Hajduk Kula

| manageryears9 = 2007

| managerclubs9 = Nafta Lendava

| manageryears10 = 2008

| managerclubs10 = Sloga Kraljevo

| manageryears11 = 2008

| managerclubs11 = Dorćol

| manageryears12 = 2009

| managerclubs12 = Timok

| manageryears13 = 2009–2010

| managerclubs13 = Nafta Lendava

| manageryears14 = 2010

| managerclubs14 = Srem

| manageryears15 = 2011–2012

| managerclubs15 = Hearts of Oak

| manageryears16 = 2012–2013

| managerclubs16 = OFK Beograd (youth)

| manageryears17 = 2013

| managerclubs17 = Novi Pazar

| manageryears18 = 2014

| managerclubs18 = Timok

| manageryears19 = 2016–2017

| managerclubs19 = Ethiopian Coffee

| manageryears20 = 2017

| managerclubs20 = Novi Pazar

| manageryears21 = 2019

| managerclubs21 = Smederevo 1924

| manageryears22 = 2020

| managerclubs22 = GSP Polet Dorćol

| manageryears23 = 2021

| managerclubs23 = TEK Sloga

| manageryears24 = 2022

| managerclubs24 = Dinamo Vranje

}}

Nebojša "Uške" Vučićević ({{Lang-sr-Cyrl|Небојша Ушке Вучићевић}}; 29 June 1962 – 11 March 2022) was a Serbian football manager and player.

Playing career

Vučićević started out at OFK Beograd, before transferring to Partizan in 1984.{{Cite web | url=https://www.novosti.rs/vesti/sport.294.html:695369-Nebojsa-Vucicevic-Dogovorio-se-sa-Zvezdom-potpisao-za-Partizan | title=Nebojša Vučićević: Dogovorio se sa Zvezdom, potpisao za Partizan | language=sr | publisher=novosti.rs | date=12 November 2017 | access-date=15 November 2019}} He spent the next five seasons with the Crno-beli, making 140 league appearances and scoring 27 goals.{{Cite web | url=https://partizanopedia.rs/nebojsavucicevic.html | title=Nebojša Vučićević | language=sr | publisher=partizanopedia.rs | access-date=24 July 2023}} Subsequently, Vučićević moved abroad and played for Metz and Salamanca. He also played professionally in South Korea, Cyprus, and Slovenia.{{Cite web | url=https://www.nzs.si/tekmovanja/?action=igralecStat&id_igralca=33709 | title=Nebojša Vučićević | language=sl | publisher=nzs.si | access-date=24 July 2023}} In 1998, Vučićević briefly played indoor soccer in the United States.{{Cite web | url=https://www.justsportsstats.com/soccerstatsindex.php?player_id=vucicneb001 | title=Nebojsa Vucicevic | publisher=justsportsstats.com | access-date=15 November 2019}}

Managerial career

Vučićević began his managerial career at Dorćol, winning promotion to the Second League of FR Yugoslavia in 2002. He subsequently briefly served as manager of Bosnian club Jedinstvo Brčko. Between 2004 and 2006, Vučićević enjoyed successful stints with Radnički Beograd and Hajduk Kula in the First League of Serbia and Montenegro. He later worked abroad in Slovenia, Ghana, and Ethiopia.

Personal life

Vučićević is the father of fellow footballer Vanja Vučićević.{{Cite web | url=https://www.novosti.rs/vesti/sport.294.html:611483-Vucicevic-Tatina-podrska-za-Zvezdu | title=Vučičević: Tatina podrška za Zvezdu | language=sr | publisher=novosti.rs | date=22 June 2016 | access-date=15 November 2019}}

Death

Vučićević died of a heart attack during a pick-up game on 11 March 2022, aged 59.{{Cite web | url=https://www.b92.net/sport/fudbal/vesti.php?yyyy=2022&mm=03&dd=11&nav_id=2120417 | title=Preminuo legendarni fudbaler Partizana | language=sr | publisher=b92.net | date=11 March 2022 | access-date=24 July 2023}}