Milan Rastavac
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-11-01) 1 November 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth Vršac, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Asteras Tripolis (manager)
Youth career
1980–1991 Vojvodina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Vojvodina
Kabel
Dinamo Pančevo
1995–1997 Mladost Bački Jarak
International career
1988–1990 Yugoslavia U16
Managerial career
2000–2001 Al-Nasr Benghazi (assistant)
2001–2005 Novi Sad (youth)
2006–2010 Serbia (youth)
2010–2013 Serbia Women U19
2013–2014 Olimpija Ljubljana (assistant)
2014 Vojvodina (assistant)
2014–2017 Radnički Niš
2015–2017 Serbia U23
2017–2019 Xanthi
2018 Serbia (assistant)
2019–2022 Asteras Tripolis
2022–2023 Vojvodina
2023– Asteras Tripolis
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Milan Rastavac (Serbian: Милан Раставац; born 1 November 1973) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player who is the current manager of Greek Super League club Asteras Tripolis.

Playing career

Rastavac started his playing career in Vojvodina youth squad. During his playing career, his greatest success came in 1988–1989. He played on the Yugoslavia national u16 team with Mirko Jozić as a head coach. From 1990 to 1991 he played on the FC Vojvodina U19 team that was the champion of SFR Yugoslavia with Ilija Pantelić as a head coach. After a season in Dinamo Pančevo, he moved to club Mladost Bački Jarak member of Serbia and Montenegro first league, where in 1999 he ended his professional career at the age of 26.

Managerial career

Beginnings

Rastavac started his coaching career as a coach assistant in Al-Nasr Benghazi senior team with Todor Veselinović as a head coach. He worked as a youth coach in Novi Sad with different age groups from U15 - U19 in a five-year period. In season 2004-2005 he won the Vojvodina Cup with Novi Sad U17 team.

FA Serbia

In 2006, he started to work for the Football Association of Serbia as an instructor with the different age groups from U12 to U16[1] and stayed at this position until 2013. As a head of instructor service he was one of the creators of different programs for different age groups of FA Serbia. In 2007, he became a lecturer at UEFA coaching school of FA Serbia. From 2013 to 2014 he was a member of expert committee of FA Serbia.

Serbia Women U19

In an idea for practical implementation programs he managed Serbia women's national under-19 football team and was coach in women's A national team in period from 2010 to 2013. In 2011 they won first historical point on the elite round for the Euro qualifications. In 2011 they were on the EURO finals for U19 first and only time in Serbia WU19 history.[2] In 2013 Serbia WU19 was the top scorer team in Euro qualifications with more than 6 goals per match.

Olimpija Ljubljana

In 2013, he worked as assistant coach at Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia) with Milorad Kosanović.

Vojvodina

In 2014, he worked as assistant coach at Vojvodina[3](Serbia) with Zoran Marić. During first semi season Vojvodina achieved the best season start in 100 years club history.[4]

Radnički Niš

In 2015 his first job as a head coach was in Serbian SuperLiga club FK Radnički Niš.[5] Under Rastavac, Radnički reached best semi season score in the past 33 years, and fewest goals (6) received per semi season in the club history. He makes great continuity of results and won 5th place twice in season 2015–16 as well as in season 2016–17.[6]

Serbia U23

In December 2015 he started to work as the head coach of the Serbia U23 national team. In a friendly match against Qatar Serbia has won 3–0.[7]

Xanthi

From 12 June 2017 he started to work as the head coach of the Super League Greece club Xanthi.[8]

Managerial statistics

As of 3 March 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Radnički Niš Serbia 11 March 2014 31 May 2017 104 40 28 36 038.46
Serbia U23 Serbia 1 December 2015 30 June 2016 10 6 4 0 060.00
Xanthi Greece 12 June 2017 18 May 2019 60 19 20 21 031.67
Asteras Tripolis Greece 5 December 2019 15 May 2022 105 34 33 38 032.38
Vojvodina Serbia 1 June 2022 26 May 2023 25 11 10 4 044.00
Asteras Tripolis Greece 31 May 2023 30 11 5 14 036.67
Career totals 334 121 100 113 036.23

References

  1. ^ "Imenovani instruktori FSS".
  2. ^ "Serbia team guide". April 2012.
  3. ^ "MIMA RASTAVAC U RADNIČKOM IZ NIŠA - FK Vojvodina – Zvanična web prezentacija". www.fkvojvodina.rs. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015.
  4. ^ "NOVI SAD ŽIVI ISTORIJU ! - FK Vojvodina – Zvanična web prezentacija". www.fkvojvodina.rs. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Milan Rastavac – meraklijski gospodin Posebni i Čelsi sa Nišave!". www.mozzartsport.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Спортски Журнал".
  7. ^ "Rastavac startovao pobedom: Katar – Srbija 0:3 | MediaPress".
  8. ^ "Η ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΣΗ ΤΟΥ ΜΙΛΑΝ ΡΑΣΤΑΒΑΤΣ – Xanthi F.C. – Official Website".
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