Rajkov as manager at the Taj
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Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 5 December 1927 | |||||||||||
Place of birth | Čurug, Kingdom of SCS | |||||||||||
Date of death | 30 July 2006 | (aged 78)|||||||||||
Place of death | Mexico City, Mexico | |||||||||||
Playing position | Striker | |||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
1950–1962 | FK Vojvodina | 220 | (94) | |||||||||
1962–1963 | Lausanne Sports | |||||||||||
1963–1966 | FC Biel-Bienne | |||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||
1951–1958 | Yugoslavia | 28 | (11) | |||||||||
Teams managed | ||||||||||||
1967–1969 | FK Vojvodina | |||||||||||
1969–1976 | Taj | |||||||||||
1969–1970 | Iran | |||||||||||
1978 | Sepahan | |||||||||||
1979–1981 | Algeria | |||||||||||
1981–1983 | Córdoba | |||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Zdravko Rajkov (Serbian Cyrillic: Здpaвкo Pajкoв; 5 December 1927 in Čurug, Žabalj, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes – 30 July 2006 in Mexico) was a Serbian football player and later a football manager.
On the national level he played for Yugoslavia national team scoring 11 goals in 28 matches, and was a participant at the 1958 FIFA World Cup, where he scored a goal in the match against Paraguay.
He later began coaching career and coached several teams, including Iran national team and Algeria national team.
In his later years he retired with his wife Violet in Kelowna, B.C., Canada.