Ratko Ninković (born 16 April 1967) is a Bosnian professional

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Playing career

Ninković started his professional career at Željezničar in which he has spent six years, from 1985 until 1991. After that, he played football for

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in Australia,

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in Malaysia and

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and

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in the Netherlands, where he ended his career in 1999.

Managerial career

After finishing his career, Ninković returned to Bosnia and Herzegovina and was manager of Famos Hrasnica for two seasons, and then a coach in the Željezničar youth team. In 2005, he was named manager of the Željezničar first team, but did not stay there for long as he stepped down in March 2006. After Željezničar, Ninković became the new manager of Croatian club

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on 5 July 2010. He left Segesta in January 2011. Ninković was then appointed as

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manager in February 2012, staying there until October 2017. After HAŠK, he was manager for two months at

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(back then still known as ''Sloga Simin Han'') in 2018. On 7 July 2019, he was next appointed at 3. HNL club

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Honours

Manager

Zvijezda Gradačac * First League of FBiH: 2007–08

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ninkovic, Ratko 1967 births Living people People from Višegrad Footballers from Foča Region Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Men's association football players not categorized by position Yugoslav men's footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers FK Željezničar Sarajevo players Adelaide City FC players Penang F.C. players Sparta Rotterdam players VV Spijkenisse players Yugoslav First League players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers FK Famos Hrasnica managers FK Željezničar Sarajevo managers HNK Brotnjo managers NK Zvijezda Gradačac managers HNK Segesta managers HAŠK managers FK Tuzla City managers Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina managers Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Croatia