Aleksandar Rogić (; born 3 August 1981) is a Serbian professional

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coach who is an assistant

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for Russian club

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. Rogić worked for

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and

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as assistant coach. During his career, he collaborated with

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Playing career

Rogić started his playing career in

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youth squad. In 1996, he became a part of

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youth football school. He played in senior teams of

FK Milicionar FK Milicionar () is a defunct Association football, football club based in Makiš, Belgrade, Serbia. History Founded in 1946, the club was operated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Serbia), Ministry of Internal Affairs. They won the Second L ...

from 1999 to 2000,

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and

FK Radnički Beograd FK Radnički Beograd (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Раднички Београд) is a Serbian professional football club based in New Belgrade. The club is often referred to as FK Radnički Novi Beograd, although the club is officially named simply ...

in 2002.

Managerial career

Beginnings

Rogić was one of the students of

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. During his studies, he started his coaching career working as the youngest coach of junior categories in

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and

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from 2003 to 2007.

Senior career

Rogić began his senior coaching career in

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, working at FC Floriana in the 2007–08 season. In August 2008, he became assistant coach of the

(managed by

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) thus becoming the youngest coach of the senior team in Serbian and Yugoslavian football history, and the youngest coach who participated in the

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. In 2011, he became an assistant coach of

, working side by side with

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. He also participated in the

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and

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, where

finished in fourth place. During 2012, he was an assistant coach to

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, when the club qualified for the

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group stage. On 25 December 2012, it was announced that

signed a two-year contract with

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side

Shandong Luneng Taishan Shandong Taishan Football Club () is a Chinese professional Association football, football club based in Jinan, Shandong, that competes in . Shandong Taishan plays its home matches at the Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium, located within Lix ...

with Rogić as his assistant. Although leading Shandong Luneng, who finished the 12th in the 2012 season, to reach the second place of the league, they were released by Shandong on 21 December 2013. In September 2014, Rogić rejoined

managed by

, assisting him in planning activities, practices, fixtures and analysing opponents. He returned to China in January 2015 as an assistant coach for

in Hebei Zhongji. In May 2017, Aleksandar was hired by the Educational Center of

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as a lecturer in

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program for the field of "Standard situations" as part of the overall tactical preparation of football players. On 29 July 2017, Rogić was announced as the head coach of

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champion. In his first month in charge, he won the “Manager of the Month” award by

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, achieving 6 victories in 7 games, which included winning derby matches against

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(2–1) and

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(4–2). After the fusion of

and

in November 2017, Aleksandar became the head coach of

, 9-time champions of Estonia. Rogić's first managerial trophy came on 23 February 2018, winning the

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against

. Levadia came back from two goals down, with late goals from Nikita Andrejev (84') and Kiril Nesterov (87'), eventually defeating Flora 4–3 on penalties. The same opponent was beaten in the finals of the

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on 19 May, this time by 1–0, securing the second trophy for Levadia under Rogić. In April 2018, Aleksandar was again awarded the “Manager of the Month” award by

. On 11 October 2019, Rogić joined Polish

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side

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, two time winners of the

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and the

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. On 18 January 2021, he was appointed manager of the Serbia national under-19 team by

. He debuted with two wins against

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, played on 23 and 25 February 2021. After the cancelation of the qualifying tournament for European championship due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the executive committee of

appointed Rogić as the manager of Serbia U20 on 4 April 2021. On 12 June 2022, he returned to Poland, joining

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's staff at

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as an assistant coach. Following the 2022–23 season, which saw Legia finish 2nd in the league table and win the

, Rogić left the club. On 6 June 2024, Rogić was hired as an assistant manager by

. He would assist Marko Nikolić, whom he previously assisted at Shabab Al Ahli.

Honours

Individual *

Manager of the Month: August 2017, April 2018, September 2018, June 2019 *

Coach of the Month: December 2019

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rogic, Aleksandar 1981 births Living people Footballers from Belgrade Men's association football players not categorized by position Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers FK Milicionar players FK Kozara Gradiška players FK Radnički Beograd players Serbian football managers FCI Tallinn managers FCI Levadia Tallinn managers Arka Gdynia managers Serbian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Estonia Expatriate football managers in Poland Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Malta Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Ghana Serbian expatriate sportspeople in China Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Estonia Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Serbian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Russia FK Partizan non-playing staff Legia Warsaw non-playing staff