Rešad Kunovac (born 24 August 1953) is a Bosnian

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coach and former player. He was the assistant to Radomir Antić, the head coach of the Serbia national team at the

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Playing career

He started his career playing for FK Sutjeska Foča and FK Sloboda Užice in late 1960s, and later moved on to

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; ), often referred to in English as Partizan Belgrade, is a Serbian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Belgrade. It forms ...

, where he took the championship crown in the 1975–76 and

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season and also won

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in 1978. He also played with

FK Napredak Kruševac Fudbalski klub Napredak Kruševac (), commonly known as Napredak Kruševac, is a Serbian professional football club based in the city of Kruševac. The word ''Napredak'' means "progress" in Serbian. The club's nickname is the Čarapani which ...

. He played in the Major Indoor Soccer League in the

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under the name of Ray Kunovac.

Managerial career

After ending his playing career, Kunovac became a long-term assistant coach of Radomir Antić at

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and

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. In 2001, he was an assistant coach to

Milovan Đorić Milovan Đorić (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Милован Ђорић; born 6 August 1945) is a Serbian association football, football manager and former player. He is often referred to by his nickname Bata Đora. Đorić last ...

, head coach of the FR Yugoslavia national football team. He was an assistant coach to Mirko Jozić at the 1990 UEFA European Under-16 Championship.

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1953 births Living people People from Foča Men's association football defenders Yugoslav men's footballers FK Sutjeska Foča players GFK Sloboda Užice players FK Partizan players FK Napredak Kruševac players Memphis Americans players Baltimore Blast (1980–1992) players Yugoslav First League players Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in the United States Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers Atlético Madrid non-playing staff FC Barcelona non-playing staff Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in China {{BosniaHerzegovina-footy-defender-stub