Radivoje Ognjanović

Radivoje Ognjanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Радивоје Огњановић; 1 July 1933 – 30 August 2011) was a Yugoslav and Serbian football manager and player.

Radivoje Ognjanović
Personal information
Full name Radivoje Ognjanović
Date of birth (1933-07-01)1 July 1933
Place of birth Šašinci, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death 30 August 2011(2011-08-30) (aged 78)
Place of death Belgrade, Serbia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Srem
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1952–1953 Partizan 10 (1)
1953–1961 Radnički Beograd 153 (61)
1961–1962 Partizan 9 (1)
1962–1963 Red Star Belgrade 11 (2)
1963–1964 Sturm Graz
1964–1965 Basel 15 (6)
1965–1966 Grenchen 21 (7)
1966–1967 Moutier 18 (4)
Total 237 (82)
International career
1957–1959 Yugoslavia 5 (1)
Managerial career
1977–1978 Vrbas
1982–1984 Cameroon
1989–1992 Ivory Coast
1993–1994 China U23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

After briefly playing for Partizan,[1] Ognjanović made a name for himself at Radnički Beograd, totaling 153 appearances and scoring 61 goals for the club in the Yugoslav First League between 1953 and 1961.

Ognjanović joined Basel's first team for their 1964–65 season under head coach Jiří Sobotka. After playing in one test game Ognjanović played his domestic league debut for his new club in the home game in the Landhof on 13 December 1964 as Basel were defeated 2–3 by Servette.[2] He scored his first goal for the club, just three days later, on 16 December, in the away game in the Olympique de la Pontaise as Basel won 2–1 against Lausanne-Sport.[3]

He played just this one season with the club and during this time Ognjanović played a total of 22 games for Basel scoring a total of 8 goals. 15 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 2 in the Swiss Cup and 5 were friendly games. He scored 6 goals in the domestic league and the other 2 were scored during the test games.[4]

Ognjanović moved on and played one season for Grenchen and one more for Moutier and then he retired from active football.

International career

At international level, Ognjanović was capped five times for Yugoslavia between 1957 and 1959, scoring once. He was a member of the team at the 1958 FIFA World Cup.[5]

Managerial career

After hanging up his boots, Ognjanović served as manager of several clubs and national teams,[6] most notably Cameroon and Ivory Coast.

Personal life

Ognjanović died on 30 August 2011, at the age of 78.[7]

Honours

Partizan

Cameroon

References
  1. "Radivoje Ognjanović" (in Serbian). partizanopedia.rs. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  2. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (13 December 1964). "FC Basel - Servette FC 2:3 (2:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  3. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (16 December 1964). "FC Lausanne-Sport - FC Basel 1:2 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  4. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (1965). "Radivoje Ognjanović - FCB statistic". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  5. "Ognjanović Radivoje" (in Serbian). reprezentacija.rs. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  6. "Treneri FK Vrbasa 1969-2007" (in Serbian). fkvrbas.weebly.com. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  7. "Radivoje Ognjanovic". Kicker. Retrieved 24 May 2022.

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