Oliver Kovačević (; born 29 October 1974) is a

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former professional

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who played as a

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. Since his retirement, Kovačević has worked as a goalkeeping coach for Serbia's

OFK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English language, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club''), also known in English as OFK Belgrade and currently referred to as OFK ...

, Rad and Čukarički, but also for Slovenia's

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Club career

After playing for Milicionar, Kovačević made a name for himself at

Železnik Železnik ( sr-cyr, Железник, ) is an List of Belgrade neighborhoods, urban neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Čukarica. Location Železnik is located in the central part of the Čukarica mun ...

. He collected over 100 league appearances for the club between 2001 and 2005. Kovačević also captained the team that won

2004–05 Serbia and Montenegro Cup The 2004–05 Serbia and Montenegro Cup was the third season of the Serbia and Montenegro's annual football cup. The cup defenders was Red Star Belgrade, but was defeated by FK Železnik in the final. First round Thirty-two teams entered in the Fi ...

. He subsequently moved abroad and signed with Turkish club

Samsunspor Samsunspor Kulübü, officially known as Samsunspor Football Club Joint Stock Company, or as Reeder Samsunspor due to sponsorship agreements, is a Turkey, Turkish Football club (association football), professional football club that competes in t ...

. Before ending his active career, Kovačević spent one and a half years at Bulgarian side

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International career

In 2005, Kovačević was capped for

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under

Ilija Petković Ilija Petković ( sr-Cyrl, Илија Петковић, ; 22 September 1945 – 27 June 2020) was a Serbian footballer and manager. Petković was capped 43 times for Yugoslavia, participating in the 1968 European Football Championship, and in ...

on three occasions. He was also a member of the team at the

2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to FIFA World Cup hosts ...

, but failed to make any appearances.

Honours

;Železnik *

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: 2004–05 ;CSKA Sofia *

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup () is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournament's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...

: 2005–06

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kovacevic, Oliver 1974 births Living people Footballers from Split, Croatia Serbs of Croatia Men's association football goalkeepers Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers Serbia and Montenegro men's international footballers 2006 FIFA World Cup players Serbian men's footballers FK Milicionar players FK Železnik players Samsunspor footballers PFC CSKA Sofia players Second League of Serbia and Montenegro players First League of Serbia and Montenegro players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Serbian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Association football goalkeeping coaches Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia