Pavle Dolezar

Pavle Dolezar (Serbian Cyrillic: Павле Долезар; born 1 May 1944), also known as Paul Dolezar, is a Serbian-French football manager and former player.

Pavle Dolezar
Personal information
Date of birth (1944-05-01) 1 May 1944
Place of birth Bačka Palanka, Yugoslavia
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Bačka Bačka Palanka
Slavija Novi Sad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1966 Bačka Bačka Palanka
1967–1968 Proleter Zrenjanin 57 (1)
1969 Paris-Neuilly 23 (0)
1969–1970 Heracles Almelo
1970–1971 AGOVV Apeldoorn
1971–1972 Go Ahead Eagles 5 (0)
1972–1973 SC Heerenveen 25 (0)
1973–1974 Charleroi 5 (0)
1974–1978 Cholet 93 (1)
1978–1981 US Alençon 4 (0)
Managerial career
1977–1978 SO Cholet
1985–1986 Béziers
1997–1999 Kaizer Chiefs
1999–2001 Mamelodi Sundowns
2002 Sharjah
2004 Mamelodi Sundowns
2005–2006 Bloemfontein Celtic
2008 Black Leopards
2010–2011 Mpumalanga Black Aces
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Bačka Palanka,[1] SR Serbia, back then part of Yugoslavia, he began his youth career playing with Bačka Bačka Palanka and OFK Slavija Novi Sad. He debuted as senior in 1963 playing with Bačka Bačka Palanka in Yugoslav Second League until the winter break of the 1966–67 season when he was brought by one of back then dominant clubs in the region of Vojvodina, Proleter Zrenjanin.[1] In the season he joined Proleter, the club achieved promotion to the Yugoslav First League and Dolezar played with Proleter in the Yugoslav highest level in the seasons 1967–68 and 1968–69.[1][2]

He then moved abroad and played with Paris-Neuilly, Heracles Almelo, AGOVV, Go Ahead Eagles,[3] SC Heerenveen,[4] R. Charleroi S.C., SO Cholet and US Alençon. After retiring as a footballer he became a manager and coached Neuilly-sur-Seine, SO Cholet and Béziers in France.[5] He also managed Tunisian side AS Gabès before moving to South Africa.

In 1997 and 1998, he led the Kaizer Chief's to the Rothmans Cup title. He was sacked as manager of the Chiefs in June 1999 and was appointed as manager of Sundowns in July 1999.[6] In 1999, he won the Rothmans Cup title again with Mamelodi Sundowns in a final against Free State Stars.[7] After the Rothmans cup win, he went on to win the 1999 PSL Castle league with Mamelodi Sundowns.[8] In 2005, Dolezar remarkably won the SAA Super 8 cup with Bloemfontein Celtic.[9] It had been 20 years since Bloemfontein Celtic won silverware[10]

References
  1. "Asovi Yu Fudbala", page 23 (in Serbian)
  2. Period 1962-1968 at fsgzrenjanin.com
  3. Pavlo Dolezar at elfvoetbal.nl
  4. Paja Dolezar full in friese haagje Archived 3 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine at feanonline.nl
  5. Coaches in French clubs at RSSSF.com
  6. Malueke, Joe (26 July 1999). "Africa: Dolezar takes over as Sundowns coach". AllAfrica.com. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  7. "HONOURS". Mamelodi Sundowns | Official Website. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  8. "Mamelodi Sundowns' Most Successful PSL Title-Winning Coaches". Soccer Laduma. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  9. "Paul Rothmans Cup Dolezar one of the best foreign coaches to coach in SA". Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  10. Setena, Teboho. "Path laid out for Celtic to win". News24. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  • Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.
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