Milovan Rajevac

Milovan Rajevac

Personal information
Full name	Milovan Rajevac
Date of birth	2 January 1954 (1954-01-02)
Place of birth	Čajetina, FPR Yugoslavia
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1973–1977	Borac Čačak	?	(?)
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 Užice	3	(0)
National team
1976	Yugoslavia Olympic
Teams managed
1989–1992	Borac Čačak
1992–1994	KSF Srbija Malmö
1994–1996	Sloboda Užice
1996–1998	Progres Frankfurt
1998–1999	Železnik
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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Milovan Rajevac (Serbian Cyrillic: Милован Рајевац; born 2 January 1954) is a Serbian football coach and former professional player.

Playing career

Born in Čajetina, Rajevac played as a defender for Borac Čačak, Red Star Belgrade, Vojvodina, Lunds BK, and the New York Arrows (as "Mike Rejevac") and Sloboda Užice.

Coaching career

Rajevac coached a number of club sides in his native Serbia, including Sloboda Užice, Red Star Belgrade, Vojvodina and Borac Čačak.

Ghana national team

He became Ghana manager in August 2008. During the 2010 African Cup of Nations, he led Ghana to the finals, there they were defeated by Egypt 1-0. He then coached Ghana all the way to the Quarterfinals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup and eventually losing to Uruguay 4-2 on the penalty shootout.

Rajevac quit Ghana on 8 September 2010, and took up a position with Saudi Arabian team Al-Ahli a day later.

Qatar national team

He left the Saudi club in February 2011 to take up the role as national team coach for Qatar. He was relieved of duties on August 7, 2011 after the team's disappointing losses to India (1-2) in a friendly at home and away to Vietnam (1-2) in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match.

In September 2011, Rajevac was linked with the Egyptian national team job. In the four-candidate shortlist alongside compatriot Zoran Filipović, Colombian Francisco Maturana, and American Bob Bradley, Rajevac made the final two with Bradley, but the job eventually went to Bradley.

References

Awards
Preceded by Radomir Antić	Serbian Coach of the Year 2010	Succeeded by Ivan Jovanović