Milorad Pavić (footballer) explained

Milorad Pavić
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Birth Date:11 November 1921
Birth Place:Valjevo, Kingdom of Serbs,
Croats and Slovenes
Death Place:Valjevo, Serbia and Montenegro
Clubs1:Valjevo SK
Clubs2:Red Star Belgrade
Manageryears1:1957–1964
Managerclubs1:Red Star Belgrade
Manageryears2:1964–1967
Managerclubs2:Standard Liège
Manageryears3:1968–1969
Managerclubs3:Club Brugge
Manageryears4:1969–1971
Managerclubs4:RFC Liège
Manageryears5:1972–1974
Managerclubs5:Athletic Bilbao
Manageryears6:1974–1975
Managerclubs6:Benfica
Manageryears7:1975–1977
Managerclubs7:CD Málaga
Manageryears8:1977–1978
Managerclubs8:Rouen
Manageryears9:1978–1979
Managerclubs9:Sporting CP
Manageryears10:1979
Managerclubs10:Vojvodina
Manageryears11:1980–1983
Managerclubs11:Celta Vigo
Manageryears12:1983–1984
Managerclubs12:Espanyol
Manageryears13:1985–1987
Managerclubs13:Standard Liège
Manageryears14:1987–1988
Managerclubs14:Standard Liège

Milorad Pavić (Serbian: Милорад Павић, pronounced as /mîlorad pǎːʋitɕ/; 11 November 1921 – 16 August 2005) was a Serbian football player and coach.

Career

As a player, Pavić defended the colours of Red Star Belgrade. After his active career he became a head coach with the same team, winning the national championship three times (1958–59, 1959–60, 1963–64) and winning three Yugoslav Cups (1958, 1959, 1964). For seven seasons between 1957 and 1964, he led the team from the bench in 216 official competitive matches (113 wins, 52 draws, and 51 losses).

He also coached Belgian teams Club Brugge (1967–1969), Standard Liège (1964–1967, 1985–1986, 1987–1988), Portuguese teams Benfica (1974–1975) and Sporting CP (1978–1979), and Spanish teams Athletic Bilbao (1972–1974), CD Málaga (1975–1977) and Celta de Vigo (1980–1983). Outside Yugoslavia he was known by nickname "Michel". The press also described him as a Gentleman in Iron Gloves.

In his youth Pavić was taken hostage by the Germans in World War II.

Pavić also won two Belgian Cups as a coach with Standard Liege (1966, 1967), a Spanish Copa del Rey with Athletic Bilbao (1973), and a Portuguese league with Benfica in 1974–75.

Honours

Manager

Red Star Belgrade

1958–59, 1959–60, 1963–64

1957–58, 1958–59, 1963–64Standard Liège

1965–66, 1966–67Athletic Bilbao

1972–73Benfica

1974–75Celta Vigo

1981–82

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