Pavle Dolezar also known as Paul Dolezar and Paja Dolezar (, born 1 May 1944) is a Serbian football manager and former player. He was born in Yugoslavia and raised in France. Born in Bačka Palanka,"Asovi Yu Fudbala", page 23

SR Serbia , life_span = 1944–1992 , status = Constituent state of Yugoslavia , p1 = Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia , flag_p1 = Flag of German Reich (1935–1945).svg , p2 ...

, back then part of Yugoslavia, he began his youth career playing with FK Bačka Bačka Palanka and

FK Slavija Novi Sad FK Slavija (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Cлaвиja Hoви Caд) is a Association football, football club based in Novi Sad, Serbia. History OFK Slavija was founded in 1926, and is one of the oldest football clubs in town. D ...

. He debuted as senior in 1963 playing with FK Bačka Bačka Palanka in

Yugoslav Second League Yugoslav or Yugoslavian may refer to: * Yugoslavia, or any of the three historic states carrying that name: ** Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a European monarchy which existed 1918–1945 (officially called "Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes" 1918–1 ...

until the winter-break of the 1966–67 season when he was brought by one of back then dominant clubs in the region of Vojvodina,

FK Proleter Zrenjanin Fudbalski klub Proleter Zrenjanin () is a football club from the city of Zrenjanin, Vojvodina, Serbia. History Early period Soon after World War II, the club almost achieved promotion to the Yugoslav Second League after finishing top of the r ...

. In the season he joined Proleter, the club achieved promotion to the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

and Dolezar played with Proleter in the Yugoslav highest level in the seasons 1967–68 and 1968–69. He then moved abroad and played with Paris-Neuilly, Heracles Almelo,

AGOVV AGOVV () is a Dutch association football club based in Apeldoorn. It was established on 25 February 1913. The club played in professional football from 1954 to 1971 and from 2003 to 2013. AGOVV's male first squad plays in 2022–23 in the Tweede ...

, Go Ahead Eagles,

SC Heerenveen Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherlands. History Sportclub Heerenveen was founded on 20 July ...

, R. Charleroi S.C.,

SO Cholet Stade Olympique Choletais is a French association football team founded in 1913. The club is based in Cholet, Pays de la Loire and play at Omnisports Stadium, which has a capacity of 9,000 spectators. They currently play in the Championnat Nat ...

and US Alençon. After retiring as a footballer he became a manager and coached Neuilly-sur-Seine,

and Béziers in France. He also managed Tunisian side

AS Gabès Avenir Sportif de Gabès ( ar, المستقبل الرياضي بڨابس), often referred to as ''ٍِASG'' or ''Zliza'' is a football club from Gabès in Tunisia. The club was founded in 1978,by M. Hmad Nasfi, a local businessman. the team pl ...

before moving to South Africa. In 1997 and 1998, he led the Kaizer Chief's to the Rothmans Cup title. He was sacked as manager of the Chiefs in June 1999 and was appointed as manager of Sundowns in July 1999. In 1999,he won the Rothmans Cup title again with

Mamelodi Sundowns Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club (simply known as Sundowns) is a South African professional football club based in Mamelodi, Pretoria in the Gauteng province that plays in the Premier Soccer League, the first tier of South African football ...

in a final against

Free State Stars Free State Stars Football club is a South African professional football club based in Bethlehem, Free State that plays in the National First Division. Formerly known as Makwane Computer Stars and Qwa Qwa Stars, their most significant honour ...

. After the Rothmans cup win, he went on to win the 1999 PSL Castle league with

. In 2005, Dolezar remarkably won the SAA Super 8 cup with Bloemfontein Celtic. It had been 20 years since Bloemfontein Celtic won silverware

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dolezar, Pavle 1946 births Living people People from Bačka Palanka Yugoslav footballers Serbian footballers Association football midfielders OFK Bačka players FK Proleter Zrenjanin players Yugoslav First League players Ligue 2 players R. Charleroi S.C. players Go Ahead Eagles players SC Heerenveen players Heracles Almelo players AGOVV Apeldoorn players US Alençon players Serbian football managers Yugoslav football managers Kaizer Chiefs F.C. managers Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. managers Black Leopards F.C. managers AS Béziers Hérault (football) managers AS Gabès managers