Milorad Pavić (footballer)
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 November 1921 | ||
Place of birth |
Valjevo, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | ||
Date of death | 16 August 2005 | (aged 83)||
Place of death | Valjevo, Serbia and Montenegro | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Red Star Belgrade | |||
Teams managed | |||
1957–1964 | Red Star Belgrade | ||
1964–1967 | Standard Liège | ||
1968–1969 | Club Brugge | ||
1969–1971 | RFC Liège | ||
1972–1974 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
1974–1975 | Benfica | ||
1975–1977 | CD Málaga | ||
1977–1978 | Rouen | ||
1978 | Vojvodina | ||
1978–1979 | Sporting CP | ||
1980–1983 | Celta Vigo | ||
1983–1984 | Espanyol | ||
1985–1987 | Standard Liège | ||
1987–1988 | Standard Liège | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Milorad Pavić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милорад Павић, pronounced [mîlorad pǎːʋitɕ]; 11 November 1921 – 16 August 2005) was a Serbian football player and coach.
Career[]
In his home country he coached Red Star Belgrade and FK Vojvodina.
He also coached Belgian teams Club Brugge (1967–1969), Standard Liège (1964–1967, 1985–1986, 1987–1988), Portuguese teams Benfica (1974–1975) and Sporting CP (1978–1979), and Spanish teams Athletic Bilbao (1972–1974), CD Málaga (1975–1977) and Celta de Vigo (1980–1983). Outside Yugoslavia he was known by nickname "Michel". The press also described him as a Gentleman in Iron Gloves.
In his youth Pavić was taken hostage by the Germans in World War II.
As a player, he defended the colours of Red Star Belgrade. After his active career he became a head coach with the same team, winning the national championship three times (1958–59, 1959–60, 1963–64) and winning three Yugoslav Cups (1958, 1959, 1964). For seven seasons between 1957 and 1964, he led the team from the bench in 216 official competitive matches (113 wins, 52 draws, and 51 losses).
Pavić also won two Belgian Cups as a coach with Standard Liege (1966, 1967), a Spanish Copa del Rey with Athletic Bilbao (1973), and a Portuguese league with Benfica in 1974–75.
Honours[]
Manager[]
Red Star Belgrade
Standard Liège
- Belgian Cup: 1965–66, 1966–67
Athletic Bilbao
Benfica
- Portuguese Championship: 1974–75
Celta Vigo
External links[]
- 1921 births
- 2005 deaths
- Red Star Belgrade footballers
- Yugoslav footballers
- Serbian footballers
- Yugoslav football managers
- Serbian football managers
- Serbian expatriate football managers
- Red Star Belgrade managers
- RFC Liège managers
- FC Rouen managers
- FK Vojvodina managers
- La Liga managers
- Athletic Bilbao managers
- CD Málaga managers
- RC Celta de Vigo managers
- RCD Espanyol managers
- S.L. Benfica managers
- Sporting CP managers
- Sportspeople from Valjevo
- Expatriate football managers in Belgium
- Expatriate football managers in France
- Expatriate football managers in Portugal
- Expatriate football managers in Spain
- Standard Liège managers
- Club Brugge KV head coaches