Milovan Rajevac | |
Birth Date: | 2 January 1954 |
Birth Place: | Čajetina, PR Serbia, Yugoslavia |
Position: | Defender |
Years1: | 1973–1977 |
Clubs1: | Borac Čačak |
Caps1: | 64 |
Goals1: | 2 |
Years2: | 1977–1978 |
Clubs2: | Red Star Belgrade |
Caps2: | 13 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1979–1980 |
Clubs3: | Vojvodina |
Caps3: | 15 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1981–1982 |
Clubs4: | New York Arrows |
Caps4: | 11 |
Goals4: | 1 |
Years5: | 1982–1984 |
Clubs5: | Borac Čačak |
Caps5: | 25 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 1984–1985 |
Clubs6: | Lunds BK |
Years7: | 1985–1986 |
Caps7: | 3 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 1976 |
Manageryears1: | 1989–1992 |
Managerclubs1: | Borac Čačak |
Manageryears2: | 1992–1994 |
Managerclubs2: | KSF Srbija Malmö |
Manageryears3: | 1994–1996 |
Managerclubs3: | Sloboda Užice |
Manageryears4: | 1996–1998 |
Managerclubs4: | Progres Frankfurt |
Manageryears5: | 1998–2000 |
Managerclubs5: | Železnik (assistant) |
Manageryears6: | 2000–2003 |
Managerclubs6: | Beijing Guoan (assistant) |
Manageryears7: | 2004 |
Managerclubs7: | Red Star Belgrade (caretaker) |
Manageryears8: | 2004–2005 |
Managerclubs8: | Al Sadd (assistant) |
Manageryears9: | 2006–2007 |
Managerclubs9: | Vojvodina |
Manageryears10: | 2008 |
Managerclubs10: | Borac Čačak |
Manageryears11: | 2008–2010 |
Managerclubs11: | Ghana |
Manageryears12: | 2010–2011 |
Managerclubs12: | Al-Ahli |
Manageryears13: | 2011 |
Managerclubs13: | Qatar |
Manageryears14: | 2016 |
Managerclubs14: | Rudar Velenje |
Manageryears15: | 2016 |
Managerclubs15: | Algeria |
Manageryears16: | 2017–2019 |
Managerclubs16: | Thailand |
Manageryears17: | 2021–2022 |
Managerclubs17: | Ghana |
Medaltemplates: | (as manager) |
Milovan Rajevac (Serbian: Милован Рајевац; born 2 January 1954) is a Serbian football manager and former professional player who is currently the technical director of Muangthong United.
Born in Čajetina,[1] Rajevac played as a defender for Borac Čačak, Red Star Belgrade, Vojvodina, Lunds BK, and the New York Arrows (as "Mike Rajevac"[2] [3]) and Sloboda Užice.
Rajevac coached a number of club sides in his native Serbia, including Sloboda Užice, Red Star Belgrade, Vojvodina and Borac Čačak.[4]
He became Ghana manager in August 2008.[5] [6] He continued the Black Stars's qualification campaign to 2010 World Cup. In the tournament, they almost reached the semi-final as they narrowly lost to Uruguay in the quarter-final via penalty shootout.[7]
Rajevac quit Ghana after the World Cup on 8 September 2010, and took up a position with Saudi Arabian team Al-Ahli a day later.[8]
He left the Saudi club in February 2011 to take up the role as national team coach for Qatar.[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 of Rudar Velenje in Slovenia.[13] [14] However, on 26 June 2016 he was appointed as manager of the Algerian national team.[15] He resigned from the position in October 2016, after two matches.[16]
In April 2017, after the resignation of Kiatisuk Senamuang,[17] he had an interview with Football Association of Thailand and was expected to become the head coach of the Thailand 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 against India in the 2019 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 delayed AFCON 2021 tournament.[25]
In October 2022 he became the technical director of Muangthong United.[26]
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