Rajko Rašević (; 17 November 1946 – 7 March 2011) was a Yugoslav and Bosnian professional

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and

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Playing career

Rašević started his playing career in his hometown club Rudar Breza, before eventually reaching 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, ...

where he represented FK Sarajevo and Željezničar. He went on to play abroad in the Swiss Super League

Managerial career

After ending his playing career, Rašević became a

, starting out as a coach in the youth team of Bosna Visoko before taking charge of the first team in 1977. He went on to manage Iskra Bugojno,

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side

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and FK Sarajevo, before retiring from management in 1990 due to bad health.

Death

Rašević died on 7 March 2011 in

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at the age of 64.

References

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