Vuk Rašović

Vuk Rašović (Serbian Cyrillic: Вук Рашовић; born 3 January 1973) is a Serbian football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is the manager of Saudi Arabian club Al-Fayha.

Vuk Rašović

Rašović in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Vuk Rašović
Date of birth	(1973-01-03) 3 January 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Dortmund, West Germany
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Al-Fayha (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 Samara	11	(0)
2004	Kansas City Wizards	1	(0)
International career
1997–2001	FR Yugoslavia	5	(0)
Managerial career
2011–2013	Teleoptik
2013	Partizan
2015–2016	Dinamo Minsk
2017	Napredak Kruševac
2017–2018	Al Faisaly
2018–2020	Al Dhafra
2020–2021	Al Wahda
2021–	Al-Fayha
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Rašović started to play for the youth teams of FK Partizan. 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 FR Yugoslavia national team, making his debut on 14 June 1997 against Egypt.

Managerial career

After retiring, Rašović started his coaching career with 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.

On 29 April 2013, Rašović was promoted as the new head coach of Partizan.^[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] He was later dismissed in March 2021, due to poor results in both the league and cup competitions.

On 21 June 2021, Rašović was appointed as the manager of newly promoted Saudi Arabian side Al-Fayha.^[4]

Managerial statistics

As of 17 February 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Teleoptik	18 January 2011	29 April 2013	79	23	30	26	029.11
Partizan	29 April 2013	16 December 2013	29	18	5	6	062.07
Dinamo Minsk	11 May 2015	15 July 2016	58	32	15	11	055.17
Napredak Kruševac	30 December 2016	2 June 2017	16	6	3	7	037.50
Al Faisaly	3 June 2017	30 June 2018	32	13	8	11	040.63
Al Dhafra	1 July 2018	5 September 2020	52	19	8	25	036.54
Al Wahda	6 September 2020	13 March 2021	22	7	8	7	031.82
Al-Fayha	1 July 2021	Present	97	31	27	39	031.96
Total			385	149	104	132	038.70

Honours

Player

Partizan

• FR Yugoslavia First League: 1992–93, 1998–99, 2001–02
• FR Yugoslavia Cup: 1997–98, 2000–01

Manager

Partizan

• Serbian SuperLiga: 2012–13

Al-Fayha

• King Cup: 2021–22

Individual

• Saudi Professional League Manager of the Month: August 2021,^[5] December 2022

References

1. "Wizards Sign Serbian Defender Vuk Rasovic". Our Sports Central. 27 April 2004.
2. . 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.
4. "رسمياً رازوفيتش مدرباً للفيحاء حتى 2023".
5. "مدرب وحارس الفيحاء .. ومدافع الاتحاد وواعد الشباب يحصدون أولى جوائز الأفضلية".

External links

• Vuk Rašović at National-Football-Teams.com
• Vuk Rašović at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)