Nationality Bosnian 1977–1989 Bosna Sarajevo Height 2.08 m Playing career Role Basketball Player | NBA draft 1982 / Undrafted Name Sabahudin Bilalovic 1989–1990 KK Vojvodina Position Center | |
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Born 7 May 1960
Trebinje, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia ( 1960-05-07 ) Died July 29, 2003, Makarska, Croatia | ||
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | ||
Sabahudin "Dino" Bilalović (7 May 1960 – 29 July 2003) was a Bosnian professional basketball player. He was born in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Playing career
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
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.
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:
Personal
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.
Bilalović died July 2003 during his vacation to the Croatian coastal town of Makarska from previously diagnosed heart condition. He died of a heart attack on the beach while swimming with his son.