Kalember begins to play sports as a boy in 1938 when he won second place in the 60 meters race.
During World War II he played football in Belgrade for the BASK, but was also interested in other sports.
He was present at the famous meeting in Deligradska Street when formed Crvena zvezda Sports Association.
[3] In July 1950, he was a member of the Zvezda squad that won an international cup tournament in Milan, Italy.
Kalember was a member of the Yugoslavia national basketball team that participated at the 1947 European Championship in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
Kalember took over the team SLUC Nancy then Vendée Challans and FC Mulhouse Basket and in 1990 finished his coaching career in JA Vichy.
His wife, Nataša Bebić, was a professional basketball player and played for Yugoslavia national team during the 1960s.