Milovan Rajevac (Serbian: Милован Рајевац; born 2 January 1954) is a Serbian

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and former professional player who is currently the technical director of

Muangthong United Muangthong United Football Club ( th, สโมสรฟุตบอลเมืองทอง ยูไนเต็ด) is a Thai professional football club based in Muang Thong Thani, Nonthaburi province. The club plays in the Thai League ...

Playing career

Born in

Čajetina Čajetina ( sr-cyr, Чајетина) is a small town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of western Serbia. According to the 2011 census results, the municipality has 14,745 inhabitants. One of the most notable settlements in the mun ...

, Rajevac played as a defender for

Borac Čačak Borac may refer to: * FK Borac Banja Luka, a football club from Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina ** RK Borac Banja Luka, an affiliated team handball club ** OK Borac, an affiliated volleyball club * FK Borac Čačak, a football club from Čačak ...

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...

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 ...

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, and the New York Arrows (as "Mike Rajevac") and

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Managerial career

Rajevac coached a number of club sides in his native Serbia, including

and

. He became

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manager in August 2008. He continued the Black Stars's qualification campaign to 2010 World Cup. In the tournament, they almost reached the semi-final as they narrowly lost to

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in the quarter-final via

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Rajevac quit Ghana after the World Cup on 8 September 2010, and took up a position with Saudi Arabian team Al-Ahli a day later. He left the Saudi club in February 2011 to take up the role as national team coach for

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. He was relieved of duties in August 2011. In September 2011, Rajevac was one of four managers linked with the Egyptian national team, and in February 2014 he was one of four managers linked with the Burkina Faso national team. On 15 June 2016, he was officially appointed as manager of Rudar Velenje in Slovenia. However, on 26 June 2016 he was appointed as manager of the Algerian national team. He resigned from the position in October 2016, after two matches. In April 2017, after the resignation of

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, he had an interview with

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and was expected to become the head coach of the

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. Eventually, he was appointed on one-year deal with an option for another one year by Football Association of Thailand on 26 April 2017. On 5 February 2018, Football Association of Thailand announced the extension of Rajevac's contract to 2020. He was sacked on 7 January 2019 following a 4–1 defeat against

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in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. He returned to manage the Ghana national team for a second time in September 2021. He was sacked in January 2022 after the exit of the Black Stars at the delayed

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tournament. In October 2022 he became the technical director of

Honours

Manager

Thailand *

King's Cup __NOTOC__ King's Cup (incl. translations), may refer to: Sports Football * Copa del Rey, Spanish for "King's Cup," the main national knockout tournament in men's football * King Cup (sometimes named King's Cup), Saudi Arabian men's football nati ...

: 2017 Individual * Serbian Coach of the Year: 2010 * African Coach of the Year: 2010

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rajevac, Milovan 1954 births Living people People from Čajetina Yugoslav footballers Serbian footballers Association football defenders FK Borac Čačak players Red Star Belgrade footballers FK Vojvodina players FK Sloboda Užice players Serbian football managers Serbian expatriate football managers Red Star Belgrade non-playing staff Red Star Belgrade managers FK Vojvodina managers 2010 FIFA World Cup managers Expatriate football managers in Germany Expatriate football managers in Ghana Expatriate football managers in Qatar Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia Serbian SuperLiga managers Serbian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Al-Ahli Saudi FC managers Ghana national football team managers Qatar national football team managers FK Borac Čačak managers FK Sloboda Užice managers NK Rudar Velenje managers Serbian expatriates in Slovenia Expatriate football managers in Slovenia 2010 Africa Cup of Nations managers Algeria national football team managers Thailand national football team managers 2019 AFC Asian Cup managers Serbian expatriates in Ghana Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Ghana