Vuk Rašović (Serbian Cyrillic: Вук Рашовић; born 3 January 1973) is a Serbian football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is the manager of United Arab Emirates club Kalba FC.
 Rašović in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vuk Rašović | ||
| Date of birth | 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 | Kalba FC (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 | ||
| 2021–2024 | Al-Fayha | ||
| 2024– | Kalba FC | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
editRašović 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
editAfter 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]
Managerial statistics
edit- As of 1 July 2024
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Teleoptik | 18 January 2011 | 29 April 2013 | 79 | 23 | 30 | 26 | 29.11 |
| Partizan | 29 April 2013 | 16 December 2013 | 29 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 62.07 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 11 May 2015 | 15 July 2016 | 58 | 32 | 15 | 11 | 55.17 |
| Napredak Kruševac | 30 December 2016 | 2 June 2017 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 37.50 |
| Al Faisaly | 3 June 2017 | 30 June 2018 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 40.63 |
| Al Dhafra | 1 July 2018 | 5 September 2020 | 52 | 19 | 8 | 25 | 36.54 |
| Al Wahda | 6 September 2020 | 13 March 2021 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 31.82 |
| Al-Fayha | 1 July 2021 | 1 July 2024 | 112 | 36 | 33 | 43 | 32.14 |
| Kalba FC | 1 July 2024 | Present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Total | 400 | 154 | 110 | 136 | 38.50 | ||
Honours
editPlayer
editPartizan
Manager
editPartizan
Al-Fayha
Individual
References
edit- ^ "Wizards Sign Serbian Defender Vuk Rasovic". Our Sports Central. 27 April 2004.
- ^ "Vermezović smenjen, novi trener Rašović". Beta. 29 April 2013. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- ^ "Al Wahda set to name Vuk Rasovic as new coach ahead of Asian Champions League resumption". thenational. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ "رسمياً رازوفيتش مدرباً للفيحاء حتى 2023".
- ^ "مدرب وحارس الفيحاء .. ومدافع الاتحاد وواعد الشباب يحصدون أولى جوائز الأفضلية".
External links
edit- Vuk Rašović at National-Football-Teams.com
- Vuk Rašović at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)