Miodrag Radulović (; born 23 October 1967) is a Montenegrin professional

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manager and former player who is the coach of the Lebanon national team.

Club career

Born in

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, Montenegro, his football career began in 1980 at Budućnost Titograd. He went on to play for Sutjeska Nikšić in the

Yugoslav Second League Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna liga,'' Croatian: ''Druga savezna liga'', Serbian: ''Друга савезна лига'', Slovenian: ''Druga zvezna liga'', Macedonian: ''Втора сојузна лига'', ''Vtora sojuzna l ...

in the first half of the 1988–89 season, and then moved to Budućnost Titograd during winter break and played with them in the

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till 1991. Then he played with

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and

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Managerial career

Early career

He started his managerial career as an assistant to Nikola Rakojević at

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and Borac Banja Luka, and was an assistant to

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at Portuguese side Boavista in 2006. He also assisted Vladimir Petrović with the Serbia and Montenegro U21 team that qualified for the Olympic Games in Athens 2004. He then managed the Serbia and Montenegro U19 team from 2005 to 2006. He was also coach and scout for

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. He managed

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team

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from January to April 2010, finishing second in the league and qualifying for the Round of 16 of the

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. On 3 May, almost a week before Pakhtakor's round of 16 clash with

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, he resigned, citing family reasons and that he was invited to work at a "European club with rich history and big ambitions by a close friend." That club turned out to be

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. He was an assistant at Dynamo Moscow from April 2010 to April 2011. In 2011, Radulović signed for

Montenegrin First League The Montenegrin First League (Montenegrin language, Montenegrin: ''Prva crnogorska fudbalska liga'' — ''Prva CFL'' — ''1. CFL''; ), referred to as the Meridianbet 1. CFL for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional Association football, ...

club Budućnost Podgorica. He won the league in the 2011–2012 season with the most wins and the record number of points and goals in the league. In June 2012, Radulović signed for

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club

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Lebanon

He was appointed as new coach of

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in 2015, following the departure of Italian manager

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. While he failed to qualify Lebanon to the

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, he successfully led them to their first ever

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through qualification in

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. Thus, he registered as the first Montenegrin to help a team qualify to a major tournament. On 9 January 2019, Radulović coached Lebanon's first group stage game in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup against

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, losing 2–0. After the match, Radulović fell into a disagreement with Bassel Jradi and subsequently ruled him out of the national team for the rest of the tournament. In the second match, he lost once again against

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by the same score; he was fined between $5,000 and $7,000 by the AFC for protesting during the game. In the final game of the group stage Radulović led Lebanon to their 4–1 win against

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, their first in the competition's history. However, the three points weren't enough as Lebanon were knocked out of the competition, losing out to

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in the third-place ranking on the fairplay rule. Radulović was also the supervisor for the Lebanon national under-23 team during the

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. On 26 March 2019, the LFA announced that they would not renew his contract terminating on 1 May 2019 and that they would be looking to replace him with another foreign manager.

Myanmar

On 20 April 2019, Radulović was appointed by the

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(MFF) as new head coach for the Myanmar national team. According to the official announcement, the MFF gave Radulović and his assistant coach a contract valid until December 2020. The position as head coach of Myanmar had been vacant for four months, after the MFF parted ways with their former head coach Antoine Hey. However, he was sacked in October 2019, only six months after being appointed. Radulović's debut versus

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was a success winning 1–2. Under Radulović, Myanmar's performance in the 2022 World Cup qualification wasn't as good as he expected from debut, with away losses to

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and to

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Zob Ahan

On 14 January 2020, Radulović was named coach of Iranian club Zob Ahan, signing a one-and-a-half-year deal. He would be reunited with goalkeeper Mehdi Khalil, who he coached as manager of the Lebanon national team. Radulović left Isfahan following the

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, and didn't return to Iran; he was replaced by Croatian coach

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Montenegro

On 28 December 2020, Radulović was appointed head coach of the Montenegro national team ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. His tenure with his country's national team ended in December 2023 after Montenegro failed to qualify for the

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Return to Lebanon

On 11 December 2023, a few days after his resignation as coach of Montenegro, he was re-appointed coach of Lebanon to prepare for the

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following the departure of Nikola Jurčević.

Career statistics

Managerial

Honours

Manager

Budućnost Podgorica *

: 2011–12

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Radulovic, Miodrag 1967 births Living people Footballers from Podgorica Men's association football midfielders Yugoslav men's footballers Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers FK Sutjeska Nikšić players FK Budućnost Podgorica players FK Hajduk Kula players FK Zemun players Degerfors IF players S.F.K. Pierikos (football) players Yugoslav First League players First League of Serbia and Montenegro players Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Greece Montenegrin football managers Pakhtakor Tashkent FK managers FK Budućnost Podgorica managers Kazma SC managers FC Atyrau managers Al-Jahra SC managers Lebanon national football team managers Myanmar national football team managers Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C. managers Montenegro national football team managers Montenegrin expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Uzbekistan Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan Expatriate football managers in Kuwait Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait Expatriate football managers in Kazakhstan Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate football managers in Lebanon Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon Expatriate football managers in Myanmar Expatriate football managers in Iran Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Iran 2019 AFC Asian Cup managers 2023 AFC Asian Cup managers Kuwait Premier League managers Persian Gulf Pro League managers Uzbekistan Super League managers