Vuk Rašović

Vuk Rašović (Serbian Cyrillic: Вук Рашовић; born 3 January 1973) is a Serbian former footballer.

Vuk Rašović
Personal information
Full name Vuk Rašović
Date of birth (1973-01-03) 3 January 1973
Place of birth Dortmund, West Germany
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Al Wahda (Manager)
Youth career
Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1993 Partizan 1 (0)
1993–1997 Rad 82 (6)
1997–1998 Slavia Sofia 24 (0)
1998–2002 Partizan 100 (1)
2002–2003 Krylia Sovetov 11 (0)
2004 Kansas City Wizards 1 (0)
National team
1997–2001 Yugoslavia 5 (0)
Teams managed
2011–2013 Teleoptik
2013 Partizan
2015–2016 Dinamo Minsk
2017 Napredak Kruševac
2017–2018 Al Faisaly
2018–2020 Al Dhafra
2020– Al Wahda
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Rašović started to play in Partizan youth teams. He played professionally, initially, with FK Rad and Bulgarian Slavia Sofia. Then he returned to FK Partizan where he played from 1998 to 2002. In 2002, he moved to Krylia Sovetov of Russia, where he played between 2002 and 2003. In 2004, he signed with the American MLS team Kansas City Wizards[1] but only played in one game for them during the 2004 season. He retired after the year as a result of suffering an injury.

Rašović played five times for the Serbia and Montenegro national football team, making his debut on 14 June 1997 against Egypt.

Managerial career

After retiring, Rašović started his coaching career in Partizan. He became the assistant manager of Goran Stevanović during the 2009–10 and Aleksandar Stanojević in 2010–11 season. Later on, he became a head coach of Partizan's affiliate, Teleoptik Zemun.

On 29 April 2013, Rašović was promoted as a new head coach of Partizan Belgrade.[2] He made his debut by defeating FK Radnički Niš on 2 May 2013.

From December 2014 to 1 May 2015, he was the director of football of Dinamo Minsk.

On 2018, Rašović signed for UAE side Al Dhafra, during his two year spell, he would get them to qualify for two UAE President's Cup finals, he lost one and the second final was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates. After two years at Al Dhafra, Rašović signed for Al Wahda.[3]

Honours

Player
Partizan

Manager
Partizan

References
  1. "Wizards Sign Serbian Defender Vuk Rasovic". Our Sports Central. 27 April 2004.
  2. "Vermezović smenjen, novi trener Rašović". Beta. 29 April 2013. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  3. "Al Wahda set to name Vuk Rasovic as new coach ahead of Asian Champions League resumption". thenational. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
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