Full name Ratko Dostanic Current team AEL (Manager) Height 1.84 m | Playing position Role Football player Name Ratko Dostanic | |
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Date of birth (1959-10-25) 25 October 1959 (age 56) Team coached CA Bizertin (Manager, since 2014) | ||
Place of birth Lucani, FPR Yugoslavia | ||
Ratko Dostanić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ратко Достанић; born 25 October 1959 in Lučani, Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian football coach and former player.
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Playing career
Ratko Dostanić started his youth career as a member of FK Partizan. During his career as a footballer he used to play as a defender, playing for Yugoslavian Timok Zaječar and Rad, and French clubs – FC Bourges, SM Caen, Le Mans Union Club 72, Rodez AF, Red Star 93, SO Châtellerault and EDS Montluçon.
Coaching career
Dostanić started his coaching career in season 1995–96 as a player-manager of the lower-division French club EDS Montluçon. Until 2003 he is an assistant of the Serbian coach Slavoljub Muslin at PFC Levski Sofia and Red Star Belgrade. For a short period of time he was the head coach of FK Obilić. (second part of the season 2000–01).
During the period 2003–2009 Dostanić managed a total of nine clubs from five different countries – the Serbian FK Smederevo, Red Star Belgrade, OFK Beograd, FK Bežanija and FK Srem, the Bulgarian PFC Slavia Sofia (twice – January–September 2004 and July–December 2006), the Greek Veria FC, the Chinese Dalian Shide and the Macedonian FK Vardar.
On 23 July 2009 Dostanić was appointed head coach of PFC Levski Sofia replacing Emil Velev who had been fired the previous day, signing for 2+1 years with the club until 2012.
On 18 October, about 3 months after becoming head coach of Levski, Dostanić resigned following a 0:1 home loss to Beroe.
Under the Dostanic management Levski Sofia "achieved" its worst record, with 8 consecutive losses both in the Bulgarian A PFG and in the European club competitions. On 21 March 2010 the ex-manager of Bulgarian club PFC Levski Sofia signed for FC Red Star Belgrade.
On 6 August Dostanić resigned from Red Star's post as manager following team's defeat in their first UEFA Europa League game against ŠK Slovan Bratislava.
On November 16, 2013 the Greek side club Veria F.C. announced the re-appointment of Ratko as the team manager. On June 13, 2014 the Tunisian team CA Bizerta announced the nomination of Ratko as manager.
On 13 February 2017, Dostanić returned to Veria for the remaining of the season having as goal to avoid relegation one more time with the club. Veria is in the last position of the table with 13 points.
Honours
Ratko Dostanić does not have any honours as a player.
In the First League of FR Yugoslavia 2000-01 season Dostanić managed FK Obilić to finish third in the league, also reaching the semi-finals of the Yugoslav Cup during the same season.
On 1 August 2009, 10 days after his appointment as a head coach of Levski Sofia, Dostanić won the first trophy in his career after beating PFC Litex Lovech 1–0 to win the Bulgarian Supercup . With Red Star Belgrade he won Serbian cup (2010).