Radivoje Ognjanović (; 1 July 1933 – 30 August 2011) was a Yugoslav and Serbian football manager and player.

Club career

After briefly playing for Partizan, Ognjanović made a name for himself at Radnički Beograd, totaling 153 appearances and scoring 61 goals for the club in the Yugoslav First League between 1953 and 1961.

Radivoje Ognjanović

Ognjanović joined Basel's first team for their 1964–65 season under head coach Jiří Sobotka. After playing in one test game Ognjanović played his domestic league debut for his new club in the home game in the Landhof on 13 December 1964 as Basel were defeated 2–3 by Servette. He scored his first goal for the club, just three days later, on 16 December, in the away game in the Olympique de la Pontaise as Basel won 2–1 against Lausanne-Sport.

Radivoje Ognjanović

He played just this one season with the club and during this time Ognjanović played a total of 22 games for Basel scoring a total of 8 goals. 15 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 2 in the Swiss Cup and 5 were friendly games. He scored 6 goals in the domestic league and the other 2 were scored during the test games.

Radivoje Ognjanović

Ognjanović moved on and played one season for Grenchen and one more for Moutier and then he retired from active football.

International career

At international level, Ognjanović was capped five times for Yugoslavia between 1957 and 1959, scoring once. He was a member of the team at the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

Managerial career

After hanging up his boots, Ognjanović served as manager of several clubs and national teams, most notably Cameroon and Ivory Coast.

Personal life

Ognjanović died on 30 August 2011, at the age of 78.

Honours

Partizan

Yugoslav First League: 1961–62

Yugoslav Cup: 1952

Cameroon

African Cup of Nations: 1984

References

Sources

Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage

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1933 births

2011 deaths

Sportspeople from Sremska Mitrovica

Footballers from Srem District

Yugoslav men's footballers

Serbian men's footballers

Men's association football forwards

Yugoslavia men's international footballers

1958 FIFA World Cup players

FK Partizan players

FK Radnički Beograd players

Red Star Belgrade footballers

SK Sturm Graz players

FC Basel players

FC Grenchen players

Yugoslav First League players

Swiss Super League players

Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers

Expatriate men's footballers in Austria

Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland

Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Austria

Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland

Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Cameroon

Yugoslav football managers

Serbia and Montenegro football managers

Serbian football managers

FK Vrbas managers

Cameroon national football team managers

Ivory Coast national football team managers

1984 African Cup of Nations managers

1990 African Cup of Nations managers

Yugoslav expatriate football managers

Serbia and Montenegro expatriate football managers

Expatriate football managers in Cameroon

Expatriate football managers in Ivory Coast

Expatriate football managers in China

Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in China