Zdravko Rajkov (; 5 December 1927 – 30 July 2006) was a Yugoslav

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

manager and player.

Club career

Rajkov joined

Yugoslav Second League Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna liga,'' Croatian: ''Druga savezna liga'', Serbian: ''Друга савезна лига'', Slovenian: ''Druga zvezna liga'', Macedonian: ''Втора сојузна лига'', ''Vtora sojuzna l ...

club Sloga Novi Sad ahead of the 1950 season, helping them win promotion to 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) ...

, after which the club changed its name back to Vojvodina. He spent the next 12 seasons with the club, amassing 220 appearances and scoring 94 goals in the top flight. In 1962, Rajkov moved abroad to Switzerland and played one season with Lausanne-Sport. He retired after spending three seasons with fellow Swiss club Biel-Bienne.

International career

At international level, Rajkov was capped 28 times for

Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p ...

between 1951 and 1958, scoring 11 goals. He was a member of the national team at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ...

, receiving a silver medal without appearing in any games. Rajkov also represented Yugoslavia at the

1958 FIFA World Cup The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the 6th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first and only FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country. Br ...

, scoring once in the group stage, as the team eventually exited in the quarter-finals.

Managerial career

After hanging up his boots, Rajkov started his managerial career at

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( ; sr-Cyrl, Војводина, ), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an Autonomous administrative division, autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia, located in Central Europe. It lies withi ...

in 1967. He was manager of

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

between 1979 and 1981, finishing as runners-up at the

1980 African Cup of Nations The 1980 African Cup of Nations was the 12th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Nigeria. Just like in 1978, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Nigeria won its ...

Honours

Player

Yugoslavia *

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...

silver medal:

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, ...

Manager

Taj * Takht Jamshid Cup: 1970–71, 1974–75 * Asian Champion Club Tournament:

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

Algeria *

African Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations, commonly abbreviated as AFCON and officially known as the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, is the main biennial international men's association football competition in Africa. It is s ...

runner-up:

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

References

External links

* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rajkov, Zdravko 1927 births 2006 deaths People from Žabalj Footballers from South Bačka District Yugoslav men's footballers Men's association football forwards Yugoslavia men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Yugoslavia Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia Olympic medalists in football 1958 FIFA World Cup players FK Vojvodina players FC Lausanne-Sport players FC Biel-Bienne players Yugoslav Second League players Yugoslav First League players Swiss Super League players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Yugoslav football managers FK Vojvodina managers Iran national football team managers Esteghlal F.C. managers Sepahan S.C. managers Algeria national football team managers Córdoba CF managers Yugoslav First League managers Persian Gulf Pro League managers 1980 African Cup of Nations managers Yugoslav expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Iran Expatriate football managers in Algeria Expatriate football managers in Spain Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Iran Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Algeria Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Spain