Petar Raković
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Petar Raković (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Paкoвић ;born 17 February 1984 in Kragujevac) is a retired Serbian footballer and Serbian national youth team member who spent most of the career playing in USA, Norway, and Serbia top division. Petar Rakovic played alongside Dusan Basta, Bosko Jankovic, Dejan Milovanovic, Dragan Mrdja and Nemanja Obric in the class of 1984 in one of the best classes in the history of the Red Star Belgrade youth system. In 2003, he was loaned to FK Radnički 1923 where he started every game in the season.
College career[]
Alongside MLS goalkeeper Milos Kocic, Petar Rakovic signed a national letter of intent to St. John's University, New York City, United States, in May 2005. He was a member of the 2006 St.John's University men's soccer team that went on a 20 days trip to Vietnam becoming the first intercollegiate team to visit the Vietnamese soil after the war. In a game against Vietnamese Premier League team FC Petar scored a nice goal from 30 yards to tie the match 2-2. In 2006, he won the championship ring of the Big East Conference. In the winter of 2007 Petar transferred to Stony Brook University, Long Island, New York. In the first season at the Seawolves, he became the captain of the team. He scored 2 goals in the 2007 season and lead the team in assists - 6.
Professional career[]
Following graduation from Stony Brook University majoring in economics and math, Petar signed for FK Rad with Milan Borjan, Andrija Kaludjerović, and Bojan Brnović. During summer window, He moved to Norway making his debut for Mjøndalen in Norway Adeccoligaen in the game against Tromsdalen on 8 September 2009. Raković played for Red Star Belgrade as a youth player. He has previously played for FK Obilić and KFK Radnički Kragujevac in Serbia and St. John's University and Stony Brook University (US College soccer) in the USA, as well as for the FK Rad.
External links[]
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drz_COXkO2w (highlight video from 2010)
https://web.archive.org/web/20111006191334/http://www.fcrad.co.rs/av/995.htm
- Petar Raković site
- Profile at Srbijafudbal.
- Profile at Stony Brook official site.
- Short career story at FK Rad Belgrade official site, when he was on probe there on January 2009. (in Serbian)
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Kragujevac
- Serbian footballers
- Serbian expatriate footballers
- FK Obilić players
- FK Radnički 1923 players
- FK Radnički Obrenovac players
- Expatriate footballers in Norway
- Association football defenders
- Serbian football defender stubs