Managing career Ratomir Dujković

1 managing career

1.1 galenika
1.2 venezuela
1.3 myanmar , return venezuela
1.4 rwanda
1.5 ghana
1.6 china olympic team
1.7 serbia under-21 team
1.8 syria

managing career

dujković s foray coaching started same club ended playing days in: galenika. part of coaching staff during 1982/83 season, team finished dead last , got relegated again.

galenika

dujković s first head coaching job came in 1983 @ galenika. led team respectable results in yugoslav second league couple of seasons, never gained promotion. in 1987, accepted offer red star belgrade become goalkeepers coach on staff. next 5 years dujković worked under various head coaches, exception of 1 season spent assisting gojko zec in united arab emirates. dujković on red star coaching staff when team won european cup in 1991.

venezuela

dujković wait until 1992 next head coaching job. recommended venezuelan football federation vladica popović , dušan marović both of whom had playing stints in country. that, coupled knowledge of spanish made dujković head coach of venezuela national football team spent 3 years. taking on team of modest expectations, biggest claims success might under guidance venezuela avoided last place in copa américa first time in long period or jumped 29 places on fifa list.

myanmar , return venezuela

next came head coaching role @ myanmar s national football team. dujković qualified them asian games, quit due myanmar s turbulent relationship fifa. returned venezuela established atlético zulia club side maracaibo , got coach of year honours.

afterwards, dujković coached universidad de los andes mérida , later cross-town rivals estudiantes. in 2000, included on fr yugoslavia s coaching staff euro 2000 under head coach vujadin boškov.

rwanda

dujković became coach of rwandan football team in late 2001. rwandan football federation sought assistance in search coach serbia-montenegro fa, in turn recommended dujković. emerging horrors of genocide, football provided welcome distraction people of rwanda. team won 7 of first 18 matches under dujković s guidance. gained international acclaim when led rwanda african cup of nations first time. ironically, rwanda qualified @ expense of ghana – nation national team take on , lead 2006 world cup – in memorable qualifier in kigali on 6 july 2003.

at final tournament in tunisia in january 2004, rwanda, among smallest ever qualify, came within minutes of progressing group , entering quarterfinals. dujković s contract rwanda expired in mid-2004 , left after failing agree new contract rwandan fa.

ghana

in september 2004, portuguese-born mariano barreto quit ghana national football team manage cs marítimo in native country. long 3-month search replacement followed , included various candidates (philippe troussier among many others). late november, job offered dujković accepted in mid-december. took on helm of squad featuring greater depth of talent rwanda – not mention few established stars playing in top european clubs sammy kuffour, stephen appiah , michael essien. naturally, expectations sizable , entrusted task of qualifying 2006 world cup in germany. achieved it, leading side first ever fifa world cup appearance. same qualifying tournament qualification 2006 african cup of nations in egypt.

dujković faced lot of opposition throughout tenure in ghana. many wanted see domestic coach lead national team. calls sacking particularly intensified in january 2006 after indifferent display @ 2006 african cup of nations ghana got drawn in difficult group nigeria, senegal , zimbabwe.

after losing nigeria , defeating senegal, ghana faced deciding match against seeming minnows of group zimbabwe point failed collect single point first 2 matches. win assure progression ghana, lost 1-2 , failed move second round. on 12 june 2006 @ awd-arena in hanover, dujković led ghana in first ever world cup match. unfortunately, ended unhappily team italy beat them 2-0.

the black stars went next match versus czech republic knowing loss mean elimination. in entertaining match, ghana managed famous 2-0 win despite missing several clear-cut scoring chances failing convert penalty shot. third game pitted dujković s team against united states , delivered once more, beating americans 2-1 , qualifying round of 16 brazil awaited.

although powerhouse brazil seemingly dispatched of them (3-0), ghana put in feisty display. match contained controversy too, crucial second brazilian goal right before halftime came offside not given. dujković took protest referee Ľuboš micheľ , reportedly told him sarcastically should put on brazilian jersey. micheľ responded issuing red card, meaning dujković not on sideline remainder of game. though contract ghana had him committed until december 2006, dujković resigned post on 16 july 2006 citing health problems. dujković heavily criticised ghanaian media, believed had ulterior motives resigning before expiration of contract. dujković in turn, blamed media putting unmerited stress , pressure on him, move didn t go down ghanaian public. not long after left ghanaian team, reported had signed china coach chinese olympic soccer team.

china olympic team

on october 10, 2006, dujković appointed coach of china national under-23 football team known china s olympic team. main task preparing team 2008 olympic games on home soil chinese fa set ambitious goal of reaching semifinals. in late 2006, dujković led team in 2006 asian games progressed out of group on top before losing quarterfinal thriller iran u-23 on penalties.

in june 2007, following string of bad results china s senior national team led zhu guanghu, chinese media started calling dujković take on coaching duties of top national side. part, dujković expressed interest, not before 2008 olympics. ruled out coaching 2 sides @ same time. still, did involved senior team in lesser capacity general coach after countryman vladimir petrović took on head coach in september 2007.

after reiterating olympic medal goal in july 2008, dujković got sacked week later (and 3 weeks before start of olympics) chinese fa. shocking development came culmination of behind scenes clashes between 2 parties. dujković s assistant yin tiesheng took on over short notice , led team in olympics. team drew first group match of competition, , lost remaining two, failing progress out of group.

serbia under-21 team

on 15 july 2009, dujković named head coach of serbia national under-21 football team. took on team has had plenty of success in years prior arrival , looking continue down same path. immediate goal qualifying 2011 european under-21 championship in denmark.

his competitive debut took place on september 5, 2009 @ home versus slovakia, , ended serbia losing 1-2 on goal in injury time. though 2 wins followed (away @ norway , home versus minnows cyprus), many criticized overall play of dujković s team. after away 3-1 loss traditional rivals croatia many criticized player selection well. long qualifying break commenced in november 2009, dujković s team in third spot 9 points, behind croatia (12) , slovakia (10).

in february 2010, nigeria football association reportedly made preliminary contact dujković taking on head coaching duties @ national team. according dujković told serbian press, potential deal included coaching nigeria 4 months conclusive 2010 world cup. furthermore, publicly expressed interest in job despite being under contract serbian fa (fss), hoping allowed perform 2 jobs simultaneously since serbia u-21 didn t resume playing competitive matches again until august 2010. fss president tomislav karadžić said dujković released contract without penalties should request so, ruled out allowing him perform 2 jobs @ same time. nigerian job went lars lagerbäck.

on 11 august 2010, qualifying resumed serbia match away @ slovakia, first of 3 must-wins if qualification secured. playing without ivan obradović , raća petrović made available radomir antić s full squad played friendly match versus greece same day, , without adem ljajić , danijel aleksić, neither of whom dujković called up, reasoning needed players had more playing time in recent period , had more experience . team had poor outing, losing 1-2 , relinquishing chance of qualifying 2011 european u-21 championship.

one day after losing slovakia, dujković handed in resignation , did not lead team in remaining 2 matches of qualifying. job went tomislav sivić finished out 2 meaningless qualifiers.

syria

in mid-october 2010, dujković named new head coach of syrian national team, becoming fourth serb, after dragoslav popović, dragoslav srijović , miloslav radivojević, lead syrian football squad.

on 19 december 2010, 2 months after getting hired, dujković fired syrian fa not returning vacation on agreed upon date . dujković claimed serbian press not fired, rather quit on syrian fa s decision not allow him bring own assistant coaches.

in april 2014 announced dujković part of 8-man shortlist replace eric nshimiyimana rwanda manager.