Milovan Rajevac (Serbian: Милован Рајевац; born 2 January 1954) is a Serbian

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and former professional player.

Playing career

Born in

Čajetina Čajetina ( sr-cyr, Чајетина) is a small town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of western Serbia. According to the 2022 census results, the municipality has 14,585 inhabitants. One of the most notable settlements in the mun ...

, Rajevac played as a defender for

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Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

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, and the

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(as "Mike Rajevac") and

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Managerial career

Rajevac coached a number of club sides in his native Serbia, including

and

. He became

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manager in August 2008. He continued the Black Stars's qualification campaign to

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. In the tournament, they almost reached the semi-final as they narrowly lost to

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in the quarter-final via

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Rajevac quit Ghana after the World Cup on 8 September 2010, and took up a position with Saudi Arabian team Al-Ahli a day later. He left the Saudi club in February 2011 to take up the role as national team coach for

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. He was relieved of duties in August 2011. In September 2011, Rajevac was one of four managers linked with the Egyptian national team, and in February 2014 he was one of four managers linked with the Burkina Faso national team. On 15 June 2016, he was officially appointed as manager of Rudar Velenje in Slovenia. However, on 26 June 2016 he was appointed as manager of the Algerian national team. He resigned from the position in October 2016, after two matches. In April 2017, after the resignation of

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, he had an interview with

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and was expected to become the head coach of the

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. Eventually, he was appointed on one-year deal with an option for another one year by Football Association of Thailand on 26 April 2017. On 5 February 2018, Football Association of Thailand announced the extension of Rajevac's contract to 2020. He was sacked on 7 January 2019 following a 4–1 defeat against

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in the

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. He returned to manage the Ghana national team for a second time in September 2021. He was sacked in January 2022 after the exit of the Black Stars at the delayed

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tournament. In October 2022 he became the technical director of

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Honours

Manager

Thailand *

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Individual * Serbian Coach of the Year: 2010 * African Coach of the Year: 2010

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