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.jpg) Rajevac coachingThailand in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1954-01-02)2 January 1954 (age 71)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Čajetina,PR Serbia,Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1973–1977 | Borac Čačak | 64 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1977–1978 | Red Star Belgrade | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1979–1980 | Vojvodina | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1981–1982 | New York Arrows | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1982–1984 | Borac Čačak | 25 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1984–1985 | Lunds BK | ||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | Sloboda Titovo Užice | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1976 | Yugoslavia Olympic | ||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1992 | Borac Čačak | ||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1994 | KSF Srbija Malmö | ||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1996 | Sloboda Užice | ||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Progres Frankfurt | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Železnik (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2003 | Beijing Guoan (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Red Star Belgrade (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Al Sadd (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Vojvodina | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Borac Čačak | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Ghana | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Al-Ahli | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Qatar | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Rudar Velenje | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Algeria | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Thailand | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Ghana | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Milovan Rajevac (Serbian: Милован Рајевац; born 2 January 1954) is a Serbianfootball manager and former professional player who is currently the technical director ofMuangthong United.
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Born inČajetina,[2] Rajevac played as adefender forBorac Čačak,Red Star Belgrade,Vojvodina,Lunds BK, and theNew York Arrows (as "Mike Rajevac"[3][1]) andSloboda Užice.
Rajevac coached a number of club sides in his native Serbia, includingSloboda Užice,Red Star Belgrade,Vojvodina andBorac Čačak.[4]
He becameGhana manager in August 2008.[5][6] He continued the Black Stars'squalification campaign to2010 World Cup. In the tournament, they almost reached the semi-final as they narrowly lost toUruguay in the quarter-final viapenalty shootout.[7]
Rajevac quit Ghana after the World Cup on 8 September 2010, and took up a position with Saudi Arabian teamAl-Ahli a day later.[8]
He left the Saudi club in February 2011 to take up the role as national team coach forQatar.[9] He was relieved of duties in August 2011.[10]
In September 2011, Rajevac was one of four managers linked with the Egyptian national team,[11] and in February 2014 he was one of four managers linked with the Burkina Faso national team.[12]
On 15 June 2016, he was officially appointed as manager ofRudar Velenje in Slovenia.[13][14] However, on 26 June 2016 he was appointed as manager of theAlgerian national team.[15] He resigned from the position in October 2016, after two matches.[16]
In April 2017, after the resignation ofKiatisuk Senamuang,[17] he had an interview withFootball Association of Thailand and was expected to become the head coach of theThailand national football team.[18] Eventually, he was appointed on one-year deal with an option for another one year by Football Association of Thailand on 26 April 2017.[19][20]
On 5 February 2018, Football Association of Thailand announced the extension of Rajevac's contract to 2020.[21]
He was sacked on 7 January 2019 following a 4–1 defeat againstIndia in the2019 AFC Asian Cup.[22][23]
He returned to manage the Ghana national team for a second time in September 2021.[24] He was sacked in January 2022 after the exit of the Black Stars at the delayedAFCON 2021 tournament.[25]
In October 2022 he became the technical director ofMuangthong United.[26]
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