Radivoje Ognjanović (; 1 July 1933 – 30 August 2011) was a Serbian

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manager and player.

Club career

After briefly playing for Partizan, Ognjanović made a name for himself at Radnički Beograd, totaling 153 appearances and scoring 61 goals for the club in the Yugoslav First League between 1953 and 1961. Ognjanović joined

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's first team for their 1964–65 season under head coach Jiří Sobotka. After playing in one test game Ognjanović played his domestic league debut for his new club in the home game in the Landhof on 13 December 1964 as Basel were defeated 2–3 by Servette. He scored his first goal for the club, just three days later, on 16 December, in the away game in the Olympique de la Pontaise as Basel won 2–1 against Lausanne-Sport. He played just this one season with the club and during this time Ognjanović played a total of 22 games for Basel scoring a total of 8 goals. 15 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 2 in the Swiss Cup and 5 were friendly games. He scored 6 goals in the domestic league and the other 2 were scored during the test games. Ognjanović moved on and played one season for Grenchen and one more for Moutier and then he retired from active football.

International career

At international level, Ognjanović was capped five times for

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between 1957 and 1959, scoring once. He was a member of the team at the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

Managerial career

After hanging up his boots, Ognjanović served as manager of several clubs and national teams, most notably

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and

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Personal life

Ognjanović died on 30 August 2011, at the age of 78.

Honours

Partizan * Yugoslav First League: 1961–62 *

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: 1952 Cameroon * African Cup of Nations: 1984

References

Sources

* Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage

External links

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