Oliver Kovačević (; born 29 October 1974) is a Serbian former professional

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who played as a

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. Since his retirement, Kovačević has worked as a goalkeeping coach for Serbia's

OFK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club'') is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade, more precisely in Karaburma, ...

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and Čukarički, but also for Slovenia's

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Club career

After playing for Milicionar, Kovačević made a name for himself at

Železnik Železnik ( sr-cyr, Железник, ) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Čukarica. Location Železnik is located in the central part of the Čukarica municipality, southwest from downt ...

. He collected over 100 league appearances for the club between 2001 and 2005. Kovačević also captained the team that won

2004–05 Serbia and Montenegro Cup The 2004–05 Serbia and Montenegro Cup was the third season of the Serbia and Montenegro's annual football cup. The cup defenders was Red Star Belgrade, but was defeated by FK Železnik in the final. First round Thirty-two teams entered in the Fi ...

. He subsequently moved abroad and signed with Turkish club

Samsunspor Samsunspor is a Turkish professional Association football, football club located in the city of Samsun. The club was formed through a merger of five clubs: 19 Mayıs, Akınspor, Fener Gençlik, Samsunspor, and Samsunspor Galatasaray.

. Before ending his active career, Kovačević spent one and a half years at Bulgarian side

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International career

In 2005, Kovačević was capped for

Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

under

Ilija Petković Ilija Petković ( sr-Cyrl, Илија Петковић, ; 22 September 1945 – 27 June 2020) was a Serbian footballer and manager. Petković was capped 43 times for Yugoslavia, participating in the 1968 European Football Championship, and in t ...

on three occasions. He was also a member of the team at the

2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host the ...

, but failed to make any appearances.

Honours

;Železnik *

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: 2004–05 ;CSKA Sofia *

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup ( bg, Купа на България, Kupa na Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournament ...

: 2005–06

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kovacevic, Oliver 2006 FIFA World Cup players Men's association football goalkeepers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate footballers in Turkey First League of Serbia and Montenegro players FK Milicionar players FK Železnik players PFC CSKA Sofia players Samsunspor footballers Serbia and Montenegro expatriate footballers Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Serbia and Montenegro footballers Serbia and Montenegro men's international footballers Serbian expatriate footballers Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Serbian footballers Serbs of Croatia Footballers from Split, Croatia 1974 births Living people