Vuk Rašović

Vuk Rašović (Serbian Cyrillic: Вук Рашовић; born 3 January 1973) is a former Serbian footballer who is the manager of Saudi Arabian club Al-Fayha.

Vuk Rašović
Rašović in 2015
Personal information
Full name Vuk Rašović
Date of birth (1973-01-03) 3 January 1973
Place of birth Dortmund, West Germany
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Al-Fayha (manager)
Youth career
Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1993 Partizan 1 (0)
1993–1997 Rad 82 (6)
1997–1998 Slavia Sofia 24 (0)
1998–2002 Partizan 100 (1)
2002–2003 Krylia Sovetov Samara 11 (0)
2004 Kansas City Wizards 1 (0)
International career
1997–2001 FR Yugoslavia 5 (0)
Managerial career
2011–2013 Teleoptik
2013 Partizan
2015–2016 Dinamo Minsk
2017 Napredak Kruševac
2017–2018 Al Faisaly
2018–2020 Al Dhafra
2020–2021 Al Wahda
2021– Al-Fayha
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Rašović started to play for the youth teams of FK Partizan. He played professionally, initially, with FK Rad and Bulgarian Slavia Sofia. Then he returned to FK Partizan where he played from 1998 to 2002. In 2002, he moved to Krylia Sovetov of Russia, where he played between 2002 and 2003. In 2004, he signed with the American MLS team Kansas City Wizards[1] but only played in one game for them during the 2004 season. He retired after the year as a result of suffering an injury.

Rašović played five times for the FR Yugoslavia national team, making his debut on 14 June 1997 against Egypt.

Managerial career

After retiring, Rašović started his coaching career with Partizan. He became the assistant manager of Goran Stevanović during the 2009–10 and Aleksandar Stanojević in 2010–11 season. Later on, he became a head coach of Partizan's affiliate, Teleoptik.

On 29 April 2013, Rašović was promoted as the new head coach of Partizan.[2] He made his debut by defeating FK Radnički Niš on 2 May 2013.

From December 2014 to 1 May 2015, he was the director of football of Dinamo Minsk.

On 2018, Rašović signed for UAE side Al Dhafra, during his two-year spell, he would get them to qualify for two UAE President's Cup finals, he lost one and the second final was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates. After two years at Al Dhafra, Rašović signed for Al Wahda.[3] He was later dismissed in March 2021, due to poor results in both the league and cup competitions.

On 21 June 2021, Rašović was appointed as the manager of newly promoted Saudi Arabian side Al-Fayha.[4]

Honours

Player

Partizan

Manager

Partizan

Al-Fayha

Individual

References
  1. "Wizards Sign Serbian Defender Vuk Rasovic". Our Sports Central. 27 April 2004.
  2. "Vermezović smenjen, novi trener Rašović". Beta. 29 April 2013. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  3. "Al Wahda set to name Vuk Rasovic as new coach ahead of Asian Champions League resumption". thenational. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  4. "رسمياً رازوفيتش مدرباً للفيحاء حتى 2023".
  5. "مدرب وحارس الفيحاء .. ومدافع الاتحاد وواعد الشباب يحصدون أولى جوائز الأفضلية".
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