Aleksandar Rogic
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aleksandar Rogić | ||
| Date of birth | 3 August 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Užice, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990-1996 | FK Sloboda Uzice | ||
| 1996-1999 | OFK Beograd | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000. | FK Milicionar Beograd | ||
| 2001. | FK Kozara | ||
| 2002. | FK Radnicki Novi Beograd | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2003–2007 | FK Milicionar Beograd, FK Rad (junior categories) | ||
| 2007–2008 | FC Floriana | ||
| 2008–2010 | Serbia national football team (assistant) | ||
| 2011–2012 | Ghana national football team (assistant) | ||
| 2012 | FK Partizan (assistant) | ||
| 2013 | Shandong Luneng Taishan (assistant) | ||
| 2014 | Serbia national football team (assistant) | ||
| 2015 | Hebei Zhongji (assistant) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Aleksandar Rogic (Serbian: Александар Рогић, born 3 August 1981) is one of Serbia's most perspective football coaches. Rogic worked for Serbia national football team and Ghana national football team as assistant coach. During his career he collaborated with Radomir Antic, Dick Advocaat, Vladimir Vermezovic, Goran Stevanovic, Danilo Doncic.
Playing career
Rogic started his playing career in FK Sloboda youth squad. In 1996. he becomes a part of OFK Beograd youth football school. He played in senior teams of FK Milicionar Beograd from 1999 to 2000, FK Kozara in Bosnia and Hercegovina and FK Radnicki Novi Beograd in 2002.
Managerial career
Beginning
Rogic was one of the best students of Faculty of Sport and Physical Education in University of Belgrade. During his studies he started his coaching career working as the youngest coach of junior categories in FK Milicionar Beograd and FK Rad from 2003 to 2007.
Senior career
Rogic began his senior coaching career in Malta, FC Floriana in season 2007/08.
In August 2008. he became assistant coach of Serbia national football team, managed by Radomir Antic. He is officially the youngest coach of A team of Serbian and Yugoslavian football history and the youngest coach who participated in World Cup in South Africa in 2010.[1] Serbia's World Cup qualification campaign began in 2008. Their qualification group featured former World Cup winners and 2006 FIFA World Cup runners-up France, traditionally powerful Romania, as well as Austria, Lithuania and the Faroe Islands. Serbia played consistently during the qualifiers and this led to the team automatically qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. They confirmed qualification with a commanding 5–0 win at home against Romania.
Like in 2006, Serbia went into the 2010 FIFA World Cup as the dark horses of the tournament. Key points justifying their potential surprise-team status included a star-studded defense that was composed by Nemanja Vidić, Neven Subotić, Aleksandar Kolarov and Branislav Ivanović. The captain of Serbia's 2010 World Cup campaign was stalwart Dejan Stanković, who became the only player to feature in a World Cup having played under three different national names (although he never changed nationality; this was a result of geopolitical events involving the identity of Yugoslavia).[2] In their first tournament as an independent nation, they were to face Ghana, Germany and Australia.
Their opening group game was against Ghana and chances came to both sides but a red card to Aleksandar Luković and a handball by substitute Zdravko Kuzmanović in the second half gave Ghana a penalty to take all three points at the death. Asamoah Gyan converted eight minutes from full-time and Serbia were defeated 1–0.
In Serbia's second group match, they sensationally defeated Germany by a score of 1–0 with an acrobatic goal by Milan Jovanović late in the first half. FIFA's official YouTube channel called the win "the most famous day in Serbian football."[3] Serbia only needed a single point to reach the knockout stages but were defeated by Australia 2–1 in an entertaining match where Serbia's dominance in the first half and in periods of the second half would have made it look like a Serbia victory. Australia scored 2 goals in the second half through Tim Cahill and Brett Holman. A late Marko Pantelić goal served only as a consolation.
In 2011 he became assistant coach of Ghana national football team, working side by side with Goran Stevanovic.[4][5] He also participated in 2012 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea where Ghana national football team won fourth place.
During 2012 he was assistant coach to Vladimir Vermezovic in FK Partizan, when the club qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage.[6][7]
On 25 December 2012, it was announced that Radomir Antic signed a two-year contract with Chinese Super League side Shandong Luneng Taishan with Rogic as his assistant.[8] Although leading Shandong Luneng, which finished the 12th in the 2012 season, to reach the second place of the league, they were released by Shandong on 21 December 2013.
In September 2014, Rogic rejoins Serbia national football team managed by Dick Advocaat assisting him in planning activities, practices and games and opponents analysis.[9]
He returns to China in January 2015 as assistant coach for Radomir Antic in Hebei Zhongji.[10]
References
- ↑ "Vezni-red-radi-kao-sat" (in Serbian). Novosti. 29 August 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ↑ Bleacher Report: FIFA World Cup 2010: Dejan Stankovic's Strange Record 15 June 2010. By Jon Sainz
- ↑ YouTube – FIFATV: 'Most famous day in Serbia's footballing history' Published 20 May 2012
- ↑ "Rogic uz Stevanovica u Gani" (in Serbian). Novosti. 18 January 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ↑ "Aleksandar Rogic, assistente técnico da seleçao de Gana" (in Portuguese). universidadedofutebol.com.br. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ↑ "Rogic-prvi-pomocnik-Vermezu" (in Serbian). Vesti.rs. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ↑ "Partizan’s Rogic hails City progress". Timesofmalta.com. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ↑ "Vermezović ostao bez saradnika" (in Serbian). Novosti. 27 December 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ↑ "Selektor i još neke priče" (in Serbian). RTS. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ↑ "Antic: Moj izazov karijere" (in Serbian). Vecernje novosti. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2016.