Rajko Rašević

Rajko Rašević
Personal information
Full name	Rajko Rašević
Date of birth	17 November 1946
Place of birth	Breza, FPR Yugoslavia
Date of death	7 March 2011 (aged 64)
Place of death	Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Rudar Breza
Senior career*
Years	Team
1962	Rudar Breza
1963	Rudar Kakanj
1963–1968	Bosna Visoko
1968–1972	Maribor
1972–1973	Sarajevo
1973	Željezničar
1974	Regensburg
1974–1975	Xamax
Managerial career
1977–1980	Bosna Visoko
1980–1983	Iskra Bugojno
1984–1985	Novi Pazar
1987–1988	Diyarbakır
1990	Sarajevo
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rajko Rašević (Serbian Cyrillic: Рајко Рашевић; 17 November 1946 – 7 March 2011)^[1] was a Yugoslav and Bosnian professional footballer and football manager.

Playing career

Rašević started his playing career in his hometown club Rudar Breza, before eventually reaching the Yugoslav First League where he represented FK Sarajevo and Željezničar.^[2] He went on to play abroad in the Swiss Super League^[3]

After ending his playing career, Rašević became a football manager, starting out as a coach in the youth team of Bosna Visoko before taking charge of the first team in 1977. He went on to manage Iskra Bugojno, FK Novi Pazar, Süper Lig side Diyarbakır and FK Sarajevo, before retiring from management in 1990 due to bad health.^[4]

Rašević died on 7 March 2011 in Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina at the age of 64.^[5]

^ "In memorial: Rajko Rašević".
^ "Visoko ostalo bez još jedne sportske legende: Umro Rajko Rašević" (in Bosnian). arhiva.visoko.co.ba. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
^ "In memorial: Rajko Rašević" (in Bosnian). magazinplus.eu. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
^ "In memorial: Rajko Rašević" (in Bosnian). magazinplus.eu. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
^ "In memorial: Rajko Rašević" (in Bosnian). magazinplus.eu. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2020.