Rado Vidošić (born 25 September 1961) is an Australian football (soccer) manager, who is currently the caretaker manager at

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club Melbourne City.

Managerial career

Brisbane Roar

Vidošić had served as the assistant coach of

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since their inaugural A-League season. He served as the club's caretaker manager from 10 October 2009 to 15 October 2009 after manager

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was sacked due to drink-driving charges. He was succeeded by former Australia U-20 team manager

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. On 25 April 2012, he was named as the new manager of Brisbane, following the departure of Ange Postecoglou, who left to manage his hometown club

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. On 18 December 2012, just 11 games into the season, after a poor run of results in the 2012–13 season and with the Roar sitting 9th out of 10 teams on the ladder, Vidošić was reassigned to the role of technical director, and was replaced by Melbourne Victory W-League manager

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as interim coach until May 2013.

Sydney FC

In June 2013, Sydney FC signed Vidošić as Assistant Coach. working alongside Frank Farina once again.

Return to Brisbane Roar

In December 2014, Sydney FC announced that Vidošić had returned to Brisbane for personal reasons. Despite being a former head coach and technical director, he subsequently took the unusual step of taking up an assistant coaching role with his former club Brisbane Roar

Melbourne Victory

On 13 July 2015, Vidošić joined

as an assistant coach, following the resignation of

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. On 31 May 2016, after one season at the club, Vidošić left his role as the result of the return of former assistant coach de Marigny.

Wellington Phoenix

On 7 June 2017, Vidošić was announced as the assistant coach of

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working alongside Darije Kalezić who was announced as the new head coach. On 20 December 2017, Vidošić left the club together with his son

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Melbourne City

In July 2018, Vidosic joined Melbourne City as the club’s technical director and head coach of the W-League team.

Personal life

His son is

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and Melbourne City player

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.http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/soccer/vidosic-family-ties-not-tight-on-field/story-e6frepmf-1226174574428 On 4 November 2012, Vidošić managed the

against Dario's

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, with Dario's goal in the 3rd minute of the match securing victory for Adelaide United over his father's team.

Managerial Statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vidosic, Rado Living people Australian soccer coaches A-League Men managers Brisbane Roar FC managers 1961 births Australian people of Croatian descent