There are, of course, Croats and other nationalities who live in Serbia and have for generations (also, the Albanians, not only in Kosovo but in Serbia proper.) Last census data I have is that just over 2 per cent of the Serbia population were ethnic Croats. Over 7 per cent of the Vojvodina Province of Serbia were Croats. I think also, that in the professional sports world, nationality is less important than money and/or the chance to play at the international level.
Don't know the fellow myself but there is no 'y' in Serbo-Croat so the spelling is more likely Stojakovic -- pronounced Stoy-a-ko-vich. Paul Date sent: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 13:09:48 -0700 From: Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:30093] Re: Re: Re: U.S. Eliminated From B-Ball World Championships Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The Sacto. Kings have 2 players for Yugo. Divac is a Serg. Stoyakovic > (sp?), a Croat. > > On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 01:04:22PM -0500, Paul Phillips wrote: > > The Yugo team is just made up, as far as I know, of Serbs and > > Montenegrins who constitute the current Yugoslavia -- soon to be > > renamed as Serbia and Montenegro when the new constitution is > > adopted. The Croats and Slovenes have separate teams. > > > > However, it should be pointed out that one of the star players on > > the Slovenian soccer team in the World Cup was a Serb. In the > > regional qualifying rounds there were separate Yugo, Croatian and > > Slovenian teams. > > > > Paul
