Elvedin Varupa | |
Fullname: | Elvedin Varupa |
Birth Date: | 16 November 1975 |
Birth Place: | Vitez, SFR Yugoslavia |
Death Place: | Vitez, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Position: | Left-back |
Youthclubs1: | Vitez |
Youthclubs2: | Sarajevo |
Youthyears3: | –1994 |
Youthclubs3: | Varteks Varaždin |
Years1: | 1994–1995 |
Clubs1: | Suhopolje |
Caps1: | 21 |
Goals1: | 3 |
Years2: | 1995–1996 |
Clubs2: | Garić Garešnica |
Caps2: | 25 |
Goals2: | 2 |
Years3: | 1996–2014 |
Clubs3: | Travnik |
Caps3: | 432 |
Goals3: | 29 |
Totalcaps: | 478 |
Totalgoals: | 34 |
Manageryears1: | 2014–2015 |
Managerclubs1: | Travnik (youth) |
Elvedin Varupa (16 November 1975 – 1 August 2015) was a Bosnian professional footballer who played as a left-back.
He played in over 400 league games and in about 700 games in all competitions for Travnik,[1] whose captain he was from 2004 to 2014. Varupa is regarded as a legend of the Bosnian Premier League.
After finishing his playing career, he held the position of coach in the youth team of Travnik from 2014 until his sudden death on 1 August 2015.
He was the younger brother of former FK Sarajevo player Vejsil Varupa.[1]
Varupa died suddenly on 1 August 2015 in his hometown of Vitez, Bosnia and Herzegovina at the age of 39.[2] He was buried at the "Grbavica" Cemetery near Vitez on 2 August 2015, one day after his death.[3]
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