Aleksandar Rogić ( sr, Александар Рогић; born 3 August 1981) is a Serbian professional football coach who most recently served as an assistant

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for

Legia Warsaw Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning record 15 Ekstraklasa champions titles, a ...

. Rogić worked for

Serbia national football team The Serbia national football team ( sr, Фудбалска репрезентација Србије, Fudbalska reprezentacija Srbije) represents Serbia in men's international Association football, football competition. It is controlled by the F ...

and

Ghana national football team The Ghana national football team represents Ghana in men's international football, doing it since 1957. The team consists of twenty players including the technical team. The team is nicknamed the Black Stars after the Black Star of Africa i ...

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

OFK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club'') is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade, more precisely in Karabur ...

youth football school. He played in senior teams of FK Milicionar from 1999 to 2000,

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in Bosnia and Hercegovina and

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

in 2002.

Managerial career

Beginnings

Rogić was one of the students of Faculty of Sport and Physical Education in

University of Belgrade The University of Belgrade ( sr, / ) is a public university in Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia. Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac- ...

. During his studies, he started his coaching career working as the youngest coach of junior categories in FK Milicionar Beograd and FK Rad from 2003 to 2007.

Senior career

Rogić began his senior coaching career in

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, working at

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

, managed by Radomir Antić, becoming the youngest coach of the senior team in Serbian and Yugoslavian football history, and the youngest coach who participated in

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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 2012 Africa Cup of Nations in

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and Equatorial Guinea, where

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

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FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; en, Partizan Football Club), sometimes known as Partizan Belgrade in English, is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade. It forms a major par ...

, when the club qualified for the

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group stage. On 25 December 2012, it was announced that Radomir Antić signed a two-year contract with

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side

Shandong Luneng Taishan Shandong Taishan Football Club () is a professional football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Jinan, Shandong and their home stadium is ...

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

Football Association of Serbia The Football Association of Serbia ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски савез Србије, ФСС / ) is the governing body of football in Serbia, based in Belgrade. It organizes Serbian football leagues, namely the Serbian Superliga, the Serbia ...

as a lecturer in UEFA A licence 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

FCI Tallinn FCI Tallinn (FC Infonet Tallinn) is a football club, based in Lasnamäe, Tallinn, Estonia. Formed in 2002, the club played in the Estonian top flight Meistriliiga from 2013 to 2017, and won the league in the 2016 season. In 2017, the club merged ...

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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

FC Levadia Tallinn Football Club Infonet Levadia Tallinn, commonly known as FCI Levadia, or simply as Levadia, is a professional football club based in Tallinn, Estonia, that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home groun ...

(2–1) and FC Flora (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 FC Flora. Levadia came back from two goals down, with late goals from

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(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

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 ...

side

Arka Gdynia Morski Związkowy Klub Sportowy Arka Gdynia () is a Polish professional football club, based in Gdynia, Poland, that plays in the Polish I liga. The club was founded as Klub Sportowy Gdynia in 1929. History The history of Arka dates back to ...

, 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

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.

Honours

Individual *

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rogic, Aleksandar 1981 births Living people Footballers from Belgrade OFK Beograd players Serbian football managers FK Partizan non-playing staff FCI Tallinn managers FCI Levadia Tallinn managers Arka Gdynia managers Expatriate football managers in Poland Expatriate football managers in Ghana Expatriate football managers in China Expatriate football managers in Estonia Men's association football players not categorized by position Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Ghana Serbian expatriate sportspeople in China Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Estonia Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Poland