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Nerćes Novo

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Nerćes Novo
Personal information
Full name Nerćes Novo
Date of birth (1928-09-25)25 September 1928
Place of birth Skopje, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death 11 October 1983(1983-10-11) (aged 55)
Place of death Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1945–1946 Sloboda Sarajevo 4 (0)
1946–1947 Sarajevo 7 (2)
1947–1951 Željezničar 31 (3)
1953–1959 Sarajevo 132 (21)
1959–1960 Igman Ilidža 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nerćes Novo (25 September 1928 – 11 October 1983) was a former Yugoslav and Bosnian footballer that played as an attacking midfielder and occasional forward. Born in Skopje, he moved to Sarajevo as a child and went on to compete for both Sarajevo and Željezničar.[1][2]

Football career

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Novo started his career shortly after the end of World War II with the newly formed club Sloboda Sarajevo.[2] On 24 October 1946, the club merged with Udarnik, another local club formed by the newly established communist authorities.[3] The merger resulted in the creation of FK Sarajevo, for whom Novo competed for one season before moving to city rivals Željezničar.[4] After four years at the Grbavica stadium, he transferred back to Sarajevo and established himself as a first-team regular, playing in the Yugoslav First League.[5] Novo represented the maroon-whites for nine seasons, before going on to compete for Igman Ilidža for one year before retiring from football.

Life after football

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Novo graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Sarajevo in 1961 and had a lustrous career as an attorney.[2]

Death

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Nerćes Novo died prematurely on 11 October 1983. He is buried at the Bare Cemetery in Sarajevo.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Sastavi po sezonama". fkzeljeznicar.ba. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Nerćes Novo". bordovremeplov.ba. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Na današnji dan prije 76 godina osnovan je Torpedo, preteča FK Sarajevo". bosnainfo.ba. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Prije tačno 66 godina odigran prvi zvanični sarajevski derbi: Hat-trick Živkova u pobjedi tima s Koševa". avaz.ba. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Bordo tim oduševio Tursku: Dan kada je pao veliki Fenerbahče". novi.ba. Retrieved 3 July 2023.