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Natasa Kovacevic (left) posted on Twitter: "We are ready. The time has come for my debut."

A basketball player who lost her lower left leg in a bus accident is set to become the first disabled European player to play in a professional team.

Natasa Kovacevic will make her debut for Red Star Belgrade on Wednesday.

The accident occurred when the 21-year-old was with another team - Gyor - and claimed the lives of the team's coach and general manager in September 2013.

Kovacevic, whose Twitter bio external-link reads 'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger', uses a special prosthesis.

At 6ft 2in and as a bronze medallist at the European Under-18 Championships in 2012, Kovacevic was seen as one of her country's most promising players.