Zaviša Milosavljević (

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: Завиша Милосављевић; born 14 July 1961) is a Serbian

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. Milosavljević was a professor of physical education at the University of Belgrade. He is a former coach of the Serbian under-16, under-19 and under-23 national teams. He has also coached

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and

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at international level.

Coaching career

Early years

From 1999 to 2001, Milosavljević managed FK Bor in the Serbian second division before coaching APR FC in

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for a year, winning the national cup and national Super Cup in 2002. He then spent four years as Serbia national reserve teams.

Lesotho

In 2007, he was appointed by the

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as the coach of the Lesotho national team on a three year contract. However he was sacked after a disappointing result, after leading Lesotho in 17 international matches losing nine, drawing six and winning only twice.

Pakistan

On November 2011, Zaviša was appointed as the Pakistan national team coach on a two year contract. He has mainly focused to improve infrastructure and bring on foreign based Pakistani players. In August 2013, Milosavljević was controversially removed from his post as Pakistan national team coach following a defeat in a friendly against

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, having won three matches, drawing four and losing five during his stint at the national team. He had also previously spoken against the policies of the Pakistan Football Federation under the controversial president

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, which ultimately led to his dismissal. In 30 September, he was subsequently assigned a role at the Pakistan under 19 national team with his contract due to expire in two months.

Dordoi Bishkek

In January 2014, Milosavljević left his role at the PPF's youth training academy to become the new manager of Kyrgyz club Dordoi Bishkek. He brought the Pakistani international players

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and Saddam Hussain to the club along with him to help the side become Kyrgyzstan league and

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winners. On 27 October 2015, Milosavljević resigned as manager of Dordoi Bishkek.

Later years

Zaviša then coached briefly FK Timok in Serbia, before joining the Uzbekistan U23 national team as assistant under

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in 2019, finishing fourth in the 2020 AFC U23 Championship.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Milosavljevic, Zavisa 1961 births Living people People from Bor, Serbia Lesotho national football team managers Expatriate football managers in Lesotho Pakistan national football team managers Expatriate football managers in Pakistan Serbian football managers Academic staff of the University of Belgrade Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Pakistan Expatriate football managers in Kyrgyzstan FC Dordoi Bishkek managers Expatriate football managers in Uzbekistan FK Bor managers Expatriate football managers in Rwanda Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Lesotho FK Timok managers Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Kyrgyzstan Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Rwanda Serbian expatriate football managers