Radovan Ćurčić

Radovan Ćurčić (Serbian Cyrillic: Радован Ћурчић, pronounced [rǎdoʋaːn tɕǔːrtʃitɕ, -û:rtʃiː-]; born 10 January 1972) is a Serbian football manager and former player.

Radovan Ćurčić
Personal information
Full name Radovan Ćurčić
Date of birth (1972-01-10) 10 January 1972
Place of birth Ivanjica, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Javor Ivanjica
1995 OFK Beograd 19 (3)
1996 Gorica 1 (0)
Javor Ivanjica
Borac Čačak
Javor Ivanjica
Teams managed
2003–2006 Javor Ivanjica
2006–2007 Borac Čačak
2007–2010 Javor Ivanjica
2010–2011 Serbia (Assistant)
2011–2012 Serbia (Caretaker)
2013–2014 Serbia U21
2014–2016 Serbia
2018 Muangthong United
2020 Partizan (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Football career

Playing

Ćurčić started out at his hometown club Javor Ivanjica, before going on to play for OFK Beograd, Gorica and Borac Čačak. He eventually finished his playing career at his parent club Javor Ivanjica.

During his last spell with Javor Ivanjica, Ćurčić was the top scorer of the 2001–02 Second League of FR Yugoslavia (Group West) with 24 goals, thus leading the club to the First League. In the club's first season in the top flight since its foundation, Ćurčić scored five league goals, but failed to save the club from relegation.

Managerial

Upon his retirement as a player in 2003, Ćurčić was named manager of Javor Ivanjica. He then worked at Borac Čačak in the 2006–07 season, before returning to Javor Ivanjica. He led them to promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga in 2008, with an unbeaten record. In April 2010, Ćurčić briefly took charge of the Serbia national team by replacing Radomir Antić for a friendly away at Japan, eventually winning the game 3–0.[1]

Between 2010 and 2011, Ćurčić served as assistant manager to Vladimir Petrović while Petrović was manager of Serbia. He was caretaker manager of the national team from October 2011 until April 2012. Ćurčić then led the Serbia U21s to the 2015 UEFA Under-21 Championship. He was again named caretaker manager of the Serbian national team in November 2014, before being officially appointed as manager later the same month.[2] On 27 April 2016, it was announced that Ćurčić left the position by mutual consent.[3] On 29 April 2018, Ćurčić was appointed as the new head coach of Muangthong United.[4]

Managerial statistics
Team From To Record
Pld W D L Win %
Serbia April 2010
October 2011
November 2014		 April 2010
April 2012
April 2016		 16 7 1 8 043.75
Muangthong United 4 May 2018 7 October 2018 26 14 5 7 053.85
Total 42 21 6 15 050.00

Honours
Individual

References
  1. "Lagana trojka Srbije u Osaki" (in Serbian). b92.net. 7 April 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  2. "Ćurčić i zvanično na kormilu Srbije" (in Serbian). b92.net. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  3. "Ćurčić više nije selektor Srbije, otišao i Savo!" (in Serbian). b92.net. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  4. "เมืองทองตั้ง"เคอร์ซิช"อดีตโค้ชทีมชาติเซอร์เบียคุมทัพ" (in Thai). 29 April 2018.
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