Radovan Ćurčić (; born 10 January 1972) is a Serbian

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manager and former player. He is the current manager of Javor Ivanjica.

Playing career

Ćurčić started out at his hometown club Javor Ivanjica, before going on to play for

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, Gorica (Slovenia), and Borac Čačak. He finished his career at his parent club Javor Ivanjica. During his last spell with Javor Ivanjica, Ćurčić was the top scorer in the 2001–02 Second League of FR Yugoslavia (Group West) with 24 goals, thus leading the club to the First League. In the club's first season in the top flight since its foundation, Ćurčić scored five goals, but failed to save them from relegation.

Managerial career

Immediately upon his retirement from playing in 2003, Ćurčić was named as new manager of Javor Ivanjica. He led the club to promotion to the First League of Serbia and Montenegro in

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, but failed to avoid relegation. Subsequently, Ćurčić served as manager of Borac Čačak during the inaugural season of Serbia's elite division, before returning to Javor Ivanjica. He guided them to another promotion to the top flight in

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, this time with an unbeaten record. In April 2010, Ćurčić briefly took charge of the Serbia national team by replacing Radomir Antić for a friendly away at

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and won the game 3–0. Between 2010 and 2011, Ćurčić served as an assistant to Vladimir Petrović while Petrović was manager of

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. He acted as caretaker manager of the national team from October 2011 until April 2012. In early 2013, Ćurčić took charge of the Serbia U21s and led the team to the 2015 UEFA Under-21 Championship. He was again named caretaker manager of the Serbia national team in November 2014, before being officially appointed as manager later the same month. On 27 April 2016, it was announced that Ćurčić left the position by mutual consent. On 29 April 2018, Ćurčić was officially unveiled as the new manager of Thai club Muangthong United. He was dismissed from his post in October of the same year. In June 2021, Ćurčić returned to Javor Ivanjica after 11 years, taking on the role of a

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. He was appointed as the club's manager in June 2023.

Managerial statistics

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