Vuk Rašović (

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: Вук Рашовић; born 3 January 1973) is a former Serbian

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who is now the coach of Saudi Arabian club Al-Fayha.

Playing career

Rašović started to play for the youth teams of

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. He played professionally, initially, with FK Rad and Bulgarian

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. Then he returned to FK Partizan where he played from 1998 to 2002. In 2002, he moved to Krylia Sovetov of Russia, where he played between 2002 and 2003. In 2004, he signed with the American MLS team Kansas City Wizards but only played in one game for them during the 2004 season. He retired after the year as a result of suffering an injury. Rašović played five times for the FR Yugoslavia national team, making his debut on 14 June 1997 against

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Managerial career

After retiring, Rašović started his coaching career with Partizan. He became the assistant manager of Goran Stevanović during the 2009–10 and

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season. Later on, he became a head coach of Partizan's affiliate, Teleoptik. On 29 April 2013, Rašović was promoted as the new head coach of Partizan. He made his debut by defeating

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on 2 May 2013. From December 2014 to 1 May 2015, he was the

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of Dinamo Minsk. On 2018, Rašović signed for UAE side Al Dhafra, during his two-year spell, he would get them to qualify for two

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finals, he lost one and the second final was cancelled due to the

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. After two years at Al Dhafra, Rašović signed for Al Wahda. He was later dismissed in March 2021, due to poor results in both the league and cup competitions. On 21 June 2021, Rašović was appointed as the manager of newly promoted Saudi Arabian side Al-Fayha.

Honours

Player

Partizan * FR Yugoslavia First League:

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, 1998–99, 2001–02 *

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: 1997–98, 2000–01

Manager

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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 ...

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Al-Fayha * King Cup: 2021–22 Individual * Saudi Professional League Manager of the Month: August 2021, December 2022

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