Rešad Kunovac (born 24 August 1953) is a Bosnian football coach and former player. He was the assistant to Radomir Antić, the head coach of the Serbia national team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Rešad Kunovac
Kunovac in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth (1953-08-24) 24 August 1953 (age 71)
Place of birth Foča, FPR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Sutjeska Foča
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Sutjeska Foča
1971–1975 Sloboda Titovo Užice
1975–1980 Partizan 100 (4)
1981 Napredak Kruševac 12 (0)
1981–1983 Memphis Americans (indoor) 65 (51)
1983–1985 Baltimore Blast (indoor) 46 (7)
Managerial career
1990 Yugoslavia U16 (assistant)
1995–1998 Atlético de Madrid (assistant)
2001 FR Yugoslavia (assistant)
2003 Barcelona (assistant)
2008–2010 Serbia (assistant)
2013 Shandong Luneng (assistant)
2015 Hebei China Fortune (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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He started his career playing for FK Sutjeska Foča[1] and FK Sloboda Užice in late 1960s,[2] and later moved on to FK Partizan, where he took the championship crown in the 1975–76 and 1977–78 Yugoslav First League season and also won Mitropa Cup in 1978. He also played with FK Napredak Kruševac.

He played in the Major Indoor Soccer League in the United States under the name of Ray Kunovac.

Managerial career

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After ending his playing career, Kunovac became a long-term assistant coach of Radomir Antić at Atlético de Madrid, FC Barcelona[3] and Real Oviedo. In 2001, he was an assistant coach to Milovan Đorić, head coach of the FR Yugoslavia national football team. He was an assistant coach to Mirko Jozić at the 1990 UEFA European Under-16 Championship.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Sutjeska Foča history at club site
  2. ^ "Istorijat FK Sloboda 1925-2009" (in Serbian). FK Sloboda Užice. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
  3. ^ "Barselona će upoznati novog Antića!". Glas Javnosti. 2 February 2003.
  4. ^ D. Kolašinac, Tempo (13 May 1990), Od sutra naši fudbaleri-kadeti učestvuju na Evropskom prvenstvu u DR Nemačkoj
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Sporting positions
Preceded by FC Barcelona assistant manager
2003
Succeeded by