Rajko Rašević (; 17 November 1946 – 7 March 2011) was a Yugoslav and Bosnian professional

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and

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Playing career

Rašević started his playing career in his hometown club Rudar Breza, before eventually reaching the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...

where he represented

FK Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Sarajevo ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Сарајево; , English language, English: Sarajevo Football Club), is a professional Association football, football Sports club, club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosn ...

and Željezničar. He went on to play abroad in the

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Managerial career

After ending his playing career, Rašević became a

, starting out as a coach in the youth team of Bosna Visoko before taking charge of the first team in 1977. He went on to manage Iskra Bugojno,

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side

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and

, before retiring from management in 1990 due to bad health.

Death

Rašević died on 7 March 2011 in

Visoko Visoko ( sr-cyrl, Високо, ) is a city located in the Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the municipality had a population of 39,938 inhabitants with 11,205 livi ...

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at the age of 64.

References

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