Radovan Ćurčić (; born 10 January 1972) is a Serbian
football
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manager and former player. He is the current manager of
Javor Ivanjica.
Playing career
Ćurčić started out at his hometown club
Javor Ivanjica, before going on to play for
OFK Beograd
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,
Gorica (Slovenia), and
Borac Čačak. He finished his career at his parent club Javor Ivanjica.
During his last spell with Javor Ivanjica, Ćurčić was the top scorer in the
2001–02 Second League of FR Yugoslavia (Group West) with 24 goals, thus leading the club to the
First League. In the club's
first season in the top flight since its foundation, Ćurčić scored five goals, but failed to save them from relegation.
Managerial career
Immediately upon his retirement from playing in 2003, Ćurčić was named as new manager of
Javor Ivanjica. He led the club to promotion to the
First League of Serbia and Montenegro in
2005
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, but failed to avoid relegation. Subsequently, Ćurčić served as manager of
Borac Čačak during the
inaugural season of Serbia's
elite division, before returning to Javor Ivanjica. He guided them to another promotion to the top flight in
2008
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, this time with an unbeaten record. In April 2010, Ćurčić briefly took charge of the
Serbia national team by replacing
Radomir Antić for a friendly away at
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and won the game 3–0.
Between 2010 and 2011, Ćurčić served as an assistant to
Vladimir Petrović while Petrović was manager of
Serbia
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. He acted as caretaker manager of the national team from October 2011 until April 2012. In early 2013, Ćurčić took charge of the
Serbia U21s and led the team to the
2015 UEFA Under-21 Championship. He was again named caretaker manager of the Serbia national team in November 2014, before being officially appointed as manager later the same month. On 27 April 2016, it was announced that Ćurčić left the position by mutual consent.
On 29 April 2018, Ćurčić was officially unveiled as the new manager of Thai club
Muangthong United. He was dismissed from his post in October of the same year.
In June 2021, Ćurčić returned to Javor Ivanjica after 11 years, taking on the role of a
sporting director
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. He was appointed as the club's manager in June 2023.
Managerial statistics
References
External links
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1972 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Ivanjica
Footballers from Moravica District
Men's association football forwards
Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers
FK Javor Ivanjica players
OFK Beograd players
ND Gorica players
FK Priština players
FK Borac Čačak players
Second League of Serbia and Montenegro players
First League of Serbia and Montenegro players
Slovenian PrvaLiga players
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
Serbia and Montenegro football managers
Serbian football managers
FK Javor Ivanjica managers
FK Borac Čačak managers
Serbia national football team managers
Serbia national under-21 football team managers
Radovan Curcic
FK Partizan non-playing staff
Serbian SuperLiga managers
Serbian expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Thailand
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Thailand