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PETROVIĆ
AUTHOR: ANĐELA DAKIĆ III-7
A WOMAN IN THE WORLD OF FOOTBALL
• She also continued to play sport in high school where she was named
the best basketball player and football player in the high school
competition in Bijeljina.
• The award for the best football player encouraged her to actively
train football as well.
IS FOOTBALL FOR GIRLS OR NOT?
• Since she had nowhere to train football, she decided to start coaching basketball.
• Biljana was successful in basketball. She coached it for ten years and she won the Serbian Cup.
• But she never stopped coaching football. She juggled a ball before each training session and
everyone knew her by that.
• She had a desire to be actively involved in football and that wish came true. Her friend’s uncle
had a women’s football club “Iris“ in Zenica and her friend invited Biljana to come to a
training session in Zenica with her. Biljana was overjoyed to finally be able to play football
with women and the coach was pleased with how she played.
E D U C AT I O N A N D S P O RT
• She started coaching football in women’s football club „Iris“ in Zenica where she became a
pioneer of women’s football in that city. After that she returned to Bijeljina where she won the
Serbian Cup for the first time as a captain in women’s football club “Radnik Bumerang“. Then
she went to a women’s football club “Lokomotiva“ in Brčko.
• During her studies, Biljana managed to win some medals. She performed for the
Administration of the city of Bijeljina at the sports games. While she was coaching football
and building her career in sport, Biljana was also working as a federal referee for the Women’s
Premier League in football.
REALISATION OF A WISH