Rade Zalad (; born 26 October 1956) was a professional
Serbian football goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...
and is now a goalkeeping coach.
Playing career
He came to
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; en, Partizan Football Club), sometimes known as Partizan Belgrade in English, is a Serbia, Serbian professional football club (association football), football ...
in 1970 when he was only 14 having played earlier for his local club FK Jedinstvo Kačarevo. He joined
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; en, Partizan Football Club), sometimes known as Partizan Belgrade in English, is a Serbia, Serbian professional football club (association football), football ...
senior team in 1978 and also played with
Budućnost Titograd and
FK Priština
Football Club Prishtina ( sq, Klubi Futbollistik Prishtina, ; sr, Фудбалски клуб Приштина, Fudbalski klub Priština), commonly known as Prishtina, is a professional football club based in Prishtina, Kosovo. The club play i ...
in 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, ...
before moving to Turkey where he played with
Beşiktaş J.K.,
Eskişehirspor
Eskişehirspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club located in Eskişehir. Eskisehirspor has a total of six trophies, making them the sixth most trophies holders in Turkey. Founded in 1965, Eskişehirspor competed in the top division ...
and
Ankaragücü.
Coaching career
As of March 2010, Zalad was the goalkeepers' coach in the
Serbian national team, working under head coach
Radomir Antić
Radomir Antić ( sr-Cyrl, Радомир Антић, ; 22 November 1948 – 6 April 2020) was a Serbian professional football manager and player.
Following a 17-year playing career as a defender, most of which he spent playing at Partizan, wit ...
. He had already worked with Antić in
Atlético Madrid, as well as with
Celta de Vigo
Real Club Celta de Vigo (; ), commonly known as Celta de Vigo or simply Celta, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. Nicknamed ''Os Celestes'' (The Sky Blues ...
,
Real Madrid and
F.C. Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football.
Founded i ...
.
On 10 January 2013 he signed a contract with
CSKA Sofia
CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...
and became goalkeeping coach. In August 2014 he became goalkeeping coach for
FK Napredak Kruševac
Fudbalski klub Napredak Kruševac (), commonly known as Napredak Kruševac, is a Serbian professional football club based in the city of Kruševac. The word ''Napredak'' means "progress" in Serbian.
The club's nickname is the Čarapani which tr ...
in the
Serbian SuperLiga
The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...
.
BRANKO SMILJANIĆ NOVI TRENER NAPRETKA!
at FK Napredak Kruševac official website, 26-8-2014
References
External links
*
Profile at Strukljeva.net
1956 births
Yugoslav footballers
Serbian footballers
Süper Lig players
MKE Ankaragücü footballers
Beşiktaş J.K. footballers
Eskişehirspor footballers
FK Partizan players
FK Partizan non-playing staff
FK Budućnost Podgorica players
FC Prishtina players
Yugoslav First League players
Living people
Sportspeople from Pančevo
Serbian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Turkey
Serbian football managers
Association football goalkeepers
Association football goalkeeping coaches
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