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My Take
What draws me to Milovan Rajevac is the nomadic resilience of a true journeyman. Born in the Serbian mountain town of Cajetina back in 1954, he turned a playing career into a globe-trotting life as a manager, and his 2010 World Cup run guiding Ghana to within a heartbeat of the semifinals remains, to me, one of football's great underdog stories. Plenty of players become coaches, but few keep chasing the work across foreign leagues into their later years. Behind that quiet demeanor I sense a stubborn competitor, and I have a soft spot for these self-made tacticians who let results do the talking.
Overview
Milovan Rajevac (Serbian Cyrillic: Милован Рајевац; born 2 January 1954) is a Serbian football manager and former professional player.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Milovan Rajevac
- Name (Japanese)
- ミロヴァン・ライェヴァツ
- Reading
- みろゔぁん・らいぇゔぁつ
- Born
- January 2, 1954 (age 72)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Horse
- Origin
- Čajetina, Serbia
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Association football coach — see all → · More people from Serbia →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.