Milan Rastavac ( sr, Милан Раставац; born 1 November 1973) is a Serbian professional

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and former player. He is coach of

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...

Playing career

Rastavac started his playing career in

youth squad. During his playing career, his greatest success came in 1988–1989. He played on the national team of Yugoslavia (U16) with

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as a head coach. From 1990-1991 he played on the FC Vojvodina U19 team that was the champion of SFR Yugoslavia with

Ilija Pantelić Ilija Pantelić (; 2 August 1942 – 17 November 2014) was a Serbian footballer who played as a goalkeeper, primarily for Serbian side Vojvodina and French sides Bastia and Paris Saint-Germain, as well as the Yugoslavia national team. Club care ...

as a head coach. After a season in

Dinamo Pančevo A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator. Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to: Places * Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia * Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterin ...

, he moved to club Mladost Bački Jarak member of Serbia and Montenegro first league, where in 1999 he ended his professional career at the age of 26.

Managerial career

Beginning

Rastavac started his coaching career as a coach assistant in

Al-Nasr Benghazi Al-Nasr Sports, Cultural and Social Club () or simply Al-Nasr Benghazi is a Libyan professional football club based in Benghazi. Honours National titles *Libyan Premier League :Winners (2): 1987,2017–18. :Runners-up (4): 1977–78, 1983–84 ...

senior team with

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as a head coach. He worked as a youth coach in

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...

with different age groups from U15 - U19 in a five-year period. In season 2004-2005 he won the Vojvodina Cup with Novi Sad U17 team.

FA Serbia

In 2006, he started to work for the

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as an instructor with the different age groups from U12 to U16 and stayed at this position until 2013. As a head of instructor service he was one of the creators of different programs for different age groups of FA Serbia. In 2007, he became a lecturer at

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coaching school of FA Serbia. From 2013–2014 he was a member of expert committee of FA Serbia.

Serbia Women U19

In an idea for practical implementation programs he managed Serbia women's national under-19 football team and was coach in women's A national team in period from 2010–2013. In 2011 they won first historical point on the elite round for the Euro qualifications. In 2011 they were on the EURO finals for U19 first and only time in Serbia WU19 history. In 2013 Serbia WU19 was the top scorer team in Euro qualifications with more than 6 goals per match.

Olimpija Ljubljana

In 2013, he worked as assistant coach at Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia) with

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Vojvodina

In 2014, he worked as assistant coach at

(Serbia) with

Zoran Marić Zoran Marić (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Mapић; born 21 February 1960) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player. Club career Born in Boka, SFR Yugoslavia, Marić represented local clubs Novi Sad and Vojvodina in his co ...

. During first semi season Vojvodina achieved the best season start in 100 years club history.

Radnički Niš

In 2015 his first job as a head coach was in

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club

FK Radnički Niš Fudbalski klub Radnički (), commonly known as Radnički Niš ( sr-cyr, Раднички Ниш), is a professional football club based in ok Niš, Serbia. Its name means ''Labourers'' in Serbian and stems from the relationship with the Labour ...

. Under Rastavac, Radnički reached best semi season score in the past 33 years, and fewest goals (6) received per semi season in the club history. He makes great continuity of results and won 5th place twice in season 2015–16 as well as in season 2016–17.

Serbia U23

In December 2015 he started to work as the head coach of the Serbia U23 national team. In a friendly match against Qatar Serbia has won 3–0.

Xanthi

From 12 June 2017 he started to work as the head coach of the

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club

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Managerial statistics

''As of 19 November 2022''

References

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