Rešad Kunovac | |
Birth Date: | 24 August 1953 |
Birth Place: | Foča, FPR Yugoslavia |
Position: | Defender |
Youthclubs1: | Sutjeska Foča |
Years2: | 1971–1975 |
Years3: | 1975–1980 |
Years4: | 1981 |
Years5: | 1981–1983 |
Years6: | 1983–1985 |
Clubs1: | Sutjeska Foča |
Clubs2: | Sloboda Titovo Užice |
Clubs3: | Partizan |
Clubs4: | Napredak Kruševac |
Clubs5: | Memphis Americans (indoor) |
Clubs6: | Baltimore Blast (indoor) |
Caps3: | 100 |
Caps4: | 12 |
Caps5: | 65 |
Caps6: | 46 |
Goals3: | 4 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Goals5: | 51 |
Goals6: | 7 |
Manageryears1: | 1990 |
Managerclubs1: | Yugoslavia U16 (assistant) |
Manageryears2: | 1995–1998 |
Managerclubs2: | Atlético de Madrid (assistant) |
Manageryears3: | 2001 |
Managerclubs3: | FR Yugoslavia (assistant) |
Manageryears4: | 2003 |
Managerclubs4: | Barcelona (assistant) |
Manageryears5: | 2008–2010 |
Managerclubs5: | Serbia (assistant) |
Manageryears6: | 2013 |
Managerclubs6: | Shandong Luneng (assistant) |
Manageryears7: | 2015 |
Managerclubs7: | Hebei China Fortune (assistant) |
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.
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 Yugoslav First League season. 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.
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.