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Radojko "Raddy" Avramović ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Радојко Аврамовић}}; born 29 November 1949) is a Serbian football coach who played for Yugoslavia as a goalkeeper. He was most recently the coach of Myanmar.

Avramović discontinued his law studies two years into university to become a footballer. He began his playing career with FK Borac Čačak in the Yugoslav Second League in 1969. He signed for Yugoslav First League club HNK Rijeka in 1974. As a 1977–78 Yugoslav Cup winner with Rijeka, he played in the 1978–79 Cup Winners' Cup. He won his only international cap with Yugoslavia in a Balkan Cup match against Greece on 15 November 1978. He was scouted by Notts County manager Jimmy Sirrel, who signed him for a club record £200,000 in 1979 and would later regard Avramović as one of his best players. He contributed with 16 clean sheets as the club was promoted to the First Division in 1981 in their return to the top flight after 54 years. He made a total of 167 appearances for Notts County before moving to Coventry City for the 1983–84 season. In 1984, he returned to Yugoslavia with OFK Belgrade where he played his final season, helping them to the Second League East Division title before retiring as a player at the age of 35.

Avramović was placed in charge of Oman's age group teams from 1993 to 1998. In August 1998, he was appointed as assistant coach to Kuwait, and as coach of their Olympic squad a year later. He guided the under-23 team through the Asian qualifiers to the 2000 Summer Olympics. Following the departure of Berti Vogts in February 2002, Avramović took over as national coach of Kuwait. He led the senior team to their first West Asian Games title in April, and the under-23 team to the quarter-finals of the 2002 Asian Games in October, which they lost 1–0 to eventual silver medalists Iran. His contract was however terminated in December after a poor performance at the 2002 Arab Nations Cup. He led Oman outfit Muscat Club to the 2002-03 Omani League title during a six-month stint from February 2003. In July 2003, Avramović was unveiled as coach of the Singapore national team. He led them to their first international title in the 2004 ASEAN Football Championship, completing a hat-trick of tournament wins with further triumphs in 2007 and 2012. After a decade in Singapore, Avramović stood down as national coach in December 2012. In February 2014, he was appointed as coach of the Myanmar national team.

Club career

Avramović began his playing career with Yugoslav Second League club FK Borac Čačak in 1969 after discontinuing his law studies two years into university.^[3] As he disliked heading the ball, Avramović switched from playing in central defence to the goalkeeper position.^[2] He won the 1972-73 Second League East Division title with the club. In 1974, he signed for First League club HNK Rijeka where he made 119 league appearances and won the 1977–78 Yugoslav Cup. As Cup winners, Rijeka qualified for the 1978–79 Cup Winners' Cup. In the first round, Rijeka defeated Welsh club Wrexham 3–2 over two legs to advance to the next round.^[3]^[4] Rijeka were drawn against Belgian outfit K.S.K. Beveren in the second round. After a goalless draw in the home leg, Rijeka conceded two goals in the return leg to exit the competition 2–0 on aggregate.^[5]^[6]

In 1978, the Football Association lifted the restriction on foreign players in the Football League. Avramović was scouted by Notts County manager Jimmy Sirrel, who claimed he had found "a goalie who would keep them in the Second Division" and persuaded his chairman Jack Dunnet to pay a club record £200,000 for his transfer.^[8]^[9] Sirrel took Avramović under his personal care, and would later regard the player as one of his best players.^[7] At the beginning of the player's career at Notts County, there was a social function at which Avramović went around and bought all his new teammates a drink as a friendly gesture. A local reporter saw this and wrote a newspaper article about Avramović being a "boozer" and a "big-time-Charlie". The next time that same reporter went to Meadow Lane, Sirrel physically caught hold of him and had him thrown off the premises and banned from the ground. The Evening Post had to give the reporter the Nottingham Forest job whilst the City Ground reporter switched over to Notts County. On 4 August 1979, he played his first competitive game for the club against Mansfield Town in an Anglo-Scottish Cup qualifier. He made his league debut against Cardiff City on 18 August, with his side running out 4–1 winners. The Magpies finished 17th in the league in that season but gained promotion to the First Division by claiming the runners-up spot in the 1980–81 season, with Avramović contributing with 16 clean sheets. In the first season of the club's return to the top flight after 54 years, Avramović played in all 42 league games as they defeated Arsenal 2–1 in October and beat defending champions Aston Villa 1–0. Avramović made a total of 167 appearances in four seasons for the club.

In 1983, Avramović left for Canada with intentions to play for Inter Montreal but Coventry City manager Bobby Gould convinced him to play for them in the 1983–84 First Division. He made his debut in a 2–1 win at Highfield Road over Leicester City. He was dropped from the starting line-up after a number of goalkeeping errors. He let a clearance from Watford custodian Steve Sherwood bounce over his head into an empty net and punched a cross into his own net in a 2–3 home defeat to Stoke City a few weeks later. Gould then declared he would not pick Avramović again in the post-match interview. He returned to Yugoslavia with OFK Belgrade in 1984, winning the Yugoslav Second League East Division title in his only season with the club before retiring at the age of 35.

International career

Avramović earned his only cap with the Yugoslavia national team on 15 November 1978.^[10] He played the full match as Yugoslavia defeated Greece 4–1 in the Balkan Cup.^[11]

Career statistics

Club

International

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Player honours

Coaching career

Early years

Avramović moved to Asia in 1991. He was placed in charge of Oman's age group teams from 1993 to 1998. In August 1998, he was appointed as assistant coach to Kuwait, and as coach of their Olympic squad a year later. He guided the Olympic squad through the Asian qualifiers to the 2000 Summer Olympics.^[20] Following the departure of Berti Vogts in February 2002, Avramović took over as national coach of Kuwait. He led the senior team to their first West Asian Games title in April, and the under-23 team to the quarter-finals of the 2002 Asian Games in October, which they lost 1–0 to eventual silver medalists Iran. His contract was however terminated when in December when hosts Kuwait failed to reach the semi-finals of the 2002 Arab Nations Cup.^[21]^[22] From February to July 2003, he coached Omani outfit Muscat Club to the 2002-03 Omani League title.

Singapore

In December 2002, Singapore failed to achieve their target of reaching the 2002 Tiger Cup final. The results included a 4–0 loss to traditional rivals Malaysia at the National Stadium and Singapore exited the competition on an inferior goal difference at the group stage.^[23] Coach Jan B. Poulsen was sacked in the aftermath and after a six-month search, Avramović was appointed as coach of Singapore's senior and under-23 teams on a two-and-a-half-year contract in July 2003.^[27] The FAS tasked him with the targets of qualifying for the 2004 Asian Cup, as well as reaching the finals of the 2004 Tiger Cup and 2005 Southeast Asian Games.^[24] He took charge of his first game with a 4–1 international friendly win over Hong Kong in August.^[25] The Lions started their 2004 Asian Cup qualifying campaign with two defeats to Avramović's former team, Kuwait in September. They gained their first points with a win and a draw over Palestine. A 2–0 defeat to Qatar in November dashed their hopes of reaching the finals.^[26] In the post-mortem, Avramović stated his emphasis on developing more young players for the national squad.^[27]

Singapore were drawn in the same group as Japan, India and Oman for the 2006 World Cup qualification in 2004. They finished bottom of Group 3 with a win and five losses, including two narrow defeats to 2000 AFC Asian Cup winners Japan and a 7–0 trashing by Oman in Muscat on 9 June.^[28] The 2004 Tiger Cup draw pitted Singapore against Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos and co-hosts Vietnam in Group A.^[29] Despite a record of four wins in eighteen matches, the FAS gave their assurance that Avramović would not be sacked even if he failed to meet the target of reaching the tournament final.^[30] His Tiger Cup squad included naturalised players Daniel Bennett, Agu Casmir and Itimi Dickson. Singapore drew 1–1 with Vietnam in their opening match, following it up with a 2–2 stalemate against Indonesia. A 6–2 win over Laos and a 3–0 defeat of Cambodia ensured their passage to the semi-finals as group runners-up. Singapore faced Myanmar in the semi-finals, registering a 4–3 win in the first leg in a game where first-choice striker Indra Sahdan was suspended and questions were raised over the eligibility of a Myanmar player.^[31]^[32]^[33] A 4–2 extra-time win over 8-man Myanmar^[34] in the home leg put the Lions through to the finals where they faced Indonesia. Singapore achieved a 3–1 win at Senayan in the first leg, followed by a 2–1 win at Kallang on 16 January 2005. Singapore clinched the trophy on home soil and their second international title after their 1998 tournament triumph.^[35] The Lions were honoured for their Cup win with the Team of the Year award at the Singapore Sports Awards 2005.^[36]

The FAS's offer of a new two-year contract in May 2005 amid interest in the service of the coach by other Middle Eastern and Asian teams was not taken up by Avramović, who lamented the lack of stronger competitive matches for the national team and little support for the players.^[37] In June, Avramović announced a shortlist of 40 players for the Southeast Asian Games in November.^[38] As part of their preparations, Singapore entered the inaugural AFF U-23 Youth Championship held in September, finishing runners-up behind Thailand. Although the under-23 squad contained nine players that won the 2004 Tiger Cup, they failed to progress beyond the group stage of the 2005 Southeast Asian Games.^[39] Despite earlier speculation of his departure, Avramović signed a two-year contract extension in December.^[40]

In 2006, Singapore were placed in the same group as Iraq, China and Palestine for the 2007 Asian Cup qualification. They defeated Iraq 2–0 in February but lost the next game by a solitary goal to Palestine. Although Singapore lost only to an injury time goal to China and drew the return fixture at home, their 4-2 defeat to Iraq in October confirmed their absence at the 2007 Games. Following an appeal by the FAS, the SNOC gave the green light for Singapore's participation in the under-23 football competition at the 2006 Asian Games in November. This marked the first time in 16 years that the football team was sent to the Asian Games.^[41] Although the Young Lions were boosted by the addition of naturalised players Shi Jiayi and Itimi Dickson, they failed to clear the first hurdle, ending up third in their group after draws with Syria and Indonesia, and a loss to Iraq.

Singapore co-hosted the 2007 ASEAN Football Championship^[42] with Thailand. They began their title defence with a goalless draw against Vietnam on 13 January. Two days later, striker Noh Alam Shah scored seven goals in an 11–0 national team record win over Laos.^[43] Singapore advanced to the semi-finals after topping their group following a 2–2 draw with Indonesia. They met Malaysia in the semi-finals, progressing on a penalty shootout after extra time following 1–1 stalemates in both legs. Singapore took on Thailand, a team they had not defeated in a competitive fixture for 30 years, in the finals. They beat Thailand 2–1 in the first leg on 31 January, in which the Lions converted a controversial penalty on 83 minutes and the Thai players staged a walk-out as a protest before returning 15 minutes later.^[44] Thailand were leading 1–0 in Bangkok before a Khairul Amri scorcher won the tie 3–2 on aggregate and gave Singapore back-to-back tournament wins.^[45] With the final win, Singapore established an unbeaten run of 15 matches under Avramović dating back to the 2004 tournament and a tournament record of 17 matches without a loss going back to 2002.^[45]^[46]

Avramović scouted Hariss Harun and handed him his international debut in a friendly against North Korea on 24 June 2007.^[47]^[53] With this appearance, Hariss became the youngest ever player to play for Singapore at the age of 16 years and 217 days, breaking the previous record held by Singapore legend Fandi Ahmad who debuted at 17 years, 3 months and 23 days.^[48] Avramović would later describe Hariss as an "exceptional player".^[49] Singapore were drawn against Palestine in the first round of the 2010 World Cup qualification. The Lions won the first match 4–0^[50] and were awarded a 3–0 walkover win in the home leg after Palestine failed to turn up for the fixture.^[51] On 1 November, Avramović called up striker Aleksandar Đurić,^[52] who was not on the FAS's Foreign Sports Talent Scheme^[53] and had gained Singaporean citizenship in September for non-footballing reasons.^[54]^[55] Đurić made his international debut at the age of 37 years and 89 days against Tajikistan in the first leg of the second round of the World Cup qualifiers on 9 November, contributing with an immediate impact by scoring both goals in a 2–0 victory.^[56] Hours prior to kick-off in the same match, national team captain Aide Iskandar announced his immediate retirement from international football.^[57] Aide had been suspended from the national team and missed a friendly against UAE and the World Cup qualifier against Palestine after he was banned for insulting a domestic league referee in August.{{refn|group=nb|Aide Iskandar was banned for reportedly insulting referee Sukhbir Singh with "How much did you bet on the game?" after his team, Geylang United controversially lost to Home United in a S.League match by conceding two goals in the final five minutes.^[58]}} Singapore defeated Tajikistan 3–1 on aggregate to reach the third round for the first time. Avramović then led the Singapore under-23 team at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games in December where they won the bronze medal. Their performances in 2007 won the Lions and Avramović the Team of the Year and the Coach of the Year awards at the Singapore Sports Awards respectively.^[53]^[59] Avramović was only the third football coach after Choo Seng Quee and Jita Singh to achieve the coaching honour.

The World Cup third qualifying round draw grouped Singapore with Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon, with fixtures starting in February 2008. Despite two wins over Lebanon, the gulf in quality was evident in a 7–3 home defeat to Uzbekistan. Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan also had 3–0 victories awarded in place of 2–0 and 1–0 wins respectively as a result of Singapore fielding an ineligible player. Defending champions Singapore started the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup^[42] with a perfect record in the group stage, registering wins over Cambodia, Myanmar and co-hosts Indonesia.^[60] The first leg of the semi-finals against Vietnam ended in a goalless draw. Singapore then conceded a late goal in the home leg to bow out of the competition to the eventual tournament winners.^[61]

Singapore were placed in Group E of the 2011 Asian Cup qualification along with Thailand, 2008 West Asian champions Iran and runners-up Jordan. They were trounced 6–0 away to Iran in January 2009 but defeated Jordan 2–1 at home two weeks later. Singapore lost 3–1 to Thailand at Kallang in November; the reverse fixture saw Singapore defeat Thailand 1–0. Further losses to Iran and Jordan in early 2010 condemned Singapore to the bottom of the group. Avramović considers Singapore's failure to qualify for the 2011 Asian Cup as his biggest regret as Singapore coach.^[62] Their next assignment was the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup in December. Singapore were held to a shock 1–1 draw with the Philippines in their Group B opener^[63] and needed an injury-time goal to defeat Myanmar 2–1 in the next match.^[64] Co-hosts and defending champions Vietnam's solitary goal in the third match meant that Singapore failed to progress to the knockout stages since 2002.^[65]

Following the disappointing exit at the Suzuki Cup amid reports of ill-discipline in the players,^[62] the FAS decided to disband and revamp the national team, with FAS president Zainudin Nordin declaring that only four or five players would be retained in the new-look squad. Avramović, however, preached caution in the selection of players for the national team. In the 33-man provisional squad announced for the friendlies and the upcoming World Cup qualifiers, thirteen players received their first call-ups while eight players from the 2010 Suzuki Cup squad were dropped.^[66]^[67] The FAS specified their targets of reaching the third round of the World Cup qualifiers and a spot in the 2012 Suzuki Cup final.^[68] Singapore were drawn against traditional rivals Malaysia in the second round of the 2014 World Cup qualification. On 23 July 2011, Singapore defeated Malaysia 5–3 at the Jalan Besar Stadium. The Lions held Malaysia to a 1–1 draw in Kuala Lumpur five days later to progress 6–4 on aggregate to the next round. The third round draw assigned Singapore to the same group as Iraq, Jordan and China. Singapore lost all their matches and ended bottom of the group, scoring two goals and conceding twenty. The 7–1 defeat to Iraq in February 2012 led to calls for Avramović to step down and had him consider rejecting a contract renewal.^[62]^[69] Despite receiving two coaching offers, Avramović decided to stay on as national coach.^[70] On 11 April 2012, Singapore dropped to their lowest ever FIFA ranking of 158.^[71] The poor run continued with friendly match defeats to Malaysia and the Philippines, a first in 40 years.^[72]

In October 2012, it was reported that Avramović and the FAS had come to a mutual agreement that his contract would not be extended, regardless of the team's performance at the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup.^[73] Singapore were drawn with co-hosts Malaysia, Indonesia and Laos in Group B. On 21 November, the FAS announced the 22-man final squad,^[74] with Avramović selecting only five defenders for the tournament.^[75] Singapore opened their campaign with a 3–0 win over defending champions Malaysia.^[76] Despite a 1–0 loss to Indonesia in the next match,^[77] Singapore managed to top the group with a narrow 4–3 win over Laos.^[78] The semi-finals showdown pitted Singapore against the Philippines. The first leg in Manila ended in a stalemate.^[79] In the return leg, Khairul Amri scored the only goal of the game to send Singapore through to the finals.^[80] The finals set up Singapore against Thailand, both three-times winners of the tournament against each other. Singapore established a two-goal lead going into the second leg with a 3–1 home victory over Thailand on 19 December.^[81] Prior to the second leg, Avramović confirmed earlier reports that he would step down as coach of Singapore after the tournament.^[82] Although Thailand won by a goal in Bangkok three days later, the 3–2 aggregate win confirmed Singapore as the record 4-times winners of the Cup and a third tournament win for Avramović.^[83] Following the end of the Suzuki Cup, the FAS announced Avramović's departure as national coach.^[84]

Myanmar

In February 2014, Avramović was appointed as Myanmar's national coach on a one-and-a-half year contract.^[85] On 17 October the Myanmar Football Federation announced that they were parting ways with Avramović, and that he was being replaced by Gerd Zeise who had led Myanmar to the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.^[86]^[87]

Personal life

Avramović met his wife Bratislava in the summer of 1973 and they married two years later. She gave up a career in psychology to follow him to England when he signed for Notts County.^[88] They have a son and two grandsons.^[89]

Coaching statistics

Performance by national team

Coaching honours

Notes

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2. ^{{cite news|last=Wang|first=Meng Meng|title=Lion tamer|url=http://singaporesportsfan2.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/|newspaper=The Straits Times|p=35|date=25 January 2009}}
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6. ^{{cite web|title=Beveren 2 - 0 Rijeka|url=http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=822142|website=sharkscores.com|accessdate=26 April 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317215439/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=822142|archivedate=17 March 2014|df=dmy-all}}
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8. ^{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Joe|title=Notts Alumni - Raddy Avramovic|url=http://www.prideofnottingham.co.uk/home/media/notts-alumni-raddy-avramovic-r63|website=Pride of Nottingham|accessdate=25 April 2014}}
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10. ^¹{{cite web|title=Avramovic Radojko|url=http://www.reprezentacija.rs/index.php/statistika/reprezentativci/880-avramovic-radojko|publisher=Serbian National Football Team|language=Serbian|accessdate=25 April 2014}}
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20. ^{{cite news|last=Chua|first=Alvin|title=Raddy's Olympic joy and despair|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article.aspx?articleid=today20040819-1.2.91|newspaper=Today|p=50|date=19 August 2004}}
21. ^{{cite web|title=Saudis grab golden victory|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tv_and_radio/world_football/2638711.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=8 January 2003}}
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25. ^{{cite news|last=Chia|first=Han Keong|title=Singapore win 4-1 but hey...|newspaper=The Straits Times|p=8|date=5 August 2003}}
26. ^{{cite news|last=Ho|first=Stanley|title=Lions out of Asian Cup|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article.aspx?articleid=today20031120-2.2.88.10.1|newspaper=Today (afternoon ed.)|p=68|date=20 November 2003}}
27. ^{{cite news|last=Ho|first=Stanley|title=Raddy to bank on youth|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article.aspx?articleid=today20031121-1.2.85.5|newspaper=Today|p=71|date=21 November 2003}}
28. ^{{cite news|last=Raymond|first=Jose|title=Lions humiliated|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article.aspx?articleid=today20040610-1.2.66.4|newspaper=Today|p=57|date=10 June 2004}}
29. ^{{cite news|last=Lim|first=Marc|title=Lions, Malaysia separated in Tiger Cup|newspaper=The Straits Times|p=6|date=8 July 2004}}
30. ^{{cite news|last=Raymond|first=Jose|title=No axe for Raddy|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article.aspx?articleid=today20041127-1.2.76.10|newspaper=Today|p=70|date=27 November 2004}}
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33. ^Myanmar's Myo Min Tun was dismissed for violent conduct in a LG Cup match against India in August 2004. The AFC had issued a six-month ban but Myo continued to play in the AFF-organised Tiger Cup which was not a competition sanctioned by the AFC.
34. ^Myanmar striker Yan Paing was sent off for his second yellow card and Lynn Tun received a straight red for conceding a penalty. Moe Kyaw Thu was dismissed for kicking mud at the referee to reduce Myanmar to eight men.
35. ^{{cite web|title=Looking back – 2004|url=http://www.affsuzukicup.com/news/looking-back-2004|website=affsuzukicup.com|accessdate=28 April 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429044820/http://www.affsuzukicup.com/news/looking-back-2004|archivedate=29 April 2014|df=dmy-all}}
36. ^{{cite news|last=Lim|first=Marc|title=Finally, Lions land the big one|newspaper=The Straits Times|p=20|date=22 April 2005}}
37. ^{{cite news|last=Raymond|first=Jose|title=Raddy to leave S'pore?|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article.aspx?articleid=today20050525-1.2.2|newspaper=Today|p=1|date=25 May 2005}}
38. ^{{cite news|title=Raddy dangles SEA Games carrot before 40 players|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article.aspx?articleid=today20050615-1.2.58.1.5|newspaper=Today|p=43|date=15 June 2005}}
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42. ^¹Previously known as Tiger Cup from 1996 to 2004. Reverted to ASEAN Football Championship in 2007 after Tiger Beer discontinued their sponsorship. Known as AFF Suzuki Cup from 2008 after Suzuki came in as new title sponsors.
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50. ^Due to security reasons, Palestine played their home leg in Qatar.
51. ^Singapore were awarded a 3–0 win after Palestine failed to appear. The Palestine Football Federation appealed to have the match rescheduled on the grounds that its players did not receive permits to leave the Gaza Strip but FIFA dismissed the appeal.
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