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Radojko "Raddy" Avramović (; born 29 November 1949) is a Serbian football coach who played for Yugoslavia as a goalkeeper. He is currently coach of the Myanmar national team. Avramović discontinued his law studies two years into university to become a footballer. He began his playing career with FK Borac Čačak in the Yugoslav Second League in 1969. He signed for Yugoslav First League club HNK Rijeka in 1974. As a 1977–78 Yugoslav Cup winner with Rijeka, he played in the 1978–79 Cup Winners' Cup. He won his only international cap with Yugoslavia in a Balkan Cup match against Greece on 15 November 1978. He was scouted by Notts County manager Jimmy Sirrel, who signed him for a club record £200,000 in 1979 and would later regard Avramović as one of his best players. He contributed with 16 clean sheets as the club was promoted to the First Division in 1981 in their return to the top flight after 54 years. He made a total of 167 appearances for Notts County before moving to Coventry City for the 1983–84 season. In 1984, he returned to Yugoslavia with OFK Belgrade where he played his final season, helping them to the Second League East Division title before retiring as a player at the age of 35. Avramović was placed in charge of 's age group teams from 1993 to 1998. In August 1998, he was appointed as assistant coach to , and as coach of their Olympic squad a year later. He guided the under-23 team through the Asian qualifiers to the 2000 Summer Olympics. Following the departure of Berti Vogts in February 2002, Avramović took over as national coach of Kuwait. He led the senior team to their first West Asian Games title in April, and the under-23 team to the quarter-finals of the 2002 Asian Games in October, which they lost 1–0 to eventual silver medalists Iran. His contract was however terminated in December after a poor performance at the 2002 Arab Nations Cup. He led Oman outfit Ruwi to the 2002-03 Omani League title during a six-month stint from February 2003. In July 2003, Avramović was unveiled as coach of the Singapore national team. He led them to their first international title in the 2004 ASEAN Football Championship, completing a hat-trick of tournament wins with further triumphs in 2007 and 2012. After a decade in Singapore, Avramović stood down as national coach in December 2012. In February 2014, he was appointed as coach of the Myanmar national team. == Club career == Avramović began his playing career with Yugoslav Second League club FK Borac Čačak in 1969 after discontinuing his law studies two years into university.〔 As he disliked heading the ball, Avramović switched from playing in central defence to the goalkeeper position. He won the 1972-73 Second League East Division title with the club. In 1974, he signed for First League club HNK Rijeka where he made 119 league appearances and won the 1977–78 Yugoslav Cup. As Cup winners, Rijeka qualified for the 1978–79 Cup Winners' Cup. In the first round, Rijeka defeated Welsh club Wrexham 3–2 over two legs to advance to the next round.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=822123 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=822124 )〕 Rijeka were drawn against Belgian outfit K.S.K. Beveren in the second round. After a goalless draw in the home leg, Rijeka conceded two goals in the return leg to exit the competition 2–0 on aggregate.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=822141 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=822142 )〕 In 1978, the Football Association lifted the restriction on foreign players in the Football League. Avramović was scouted by Notts County manager Jimmy Sirrel, who claimed he had found "a goalie who would keep them in the Second Division" and persuaded his chairman Jack Dunnet to pay a club record £200,000 for his transfer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ncfpa.co.uk/happy_days.php )〕 Sirrel took Avramović under his personal care, and would later regard the player as one of his best players.〔 At the beginning of the player’s career at Notts County, there was a social function at which Avramović went around and bought all his new teammates a drink as a friendly gesture. A local reporter saw this and wrote a newspaper article about Avramović being a ‘boozer’ and a ‘big-time-Charlie’. The next time that same reporter went to Meadow Lane, Sirrel physically caught hold of him and had him thrown off the premises and banned from the ground. The Evening Post had to give the reporter the Nottingham Forest job whilst the City Ground reporter switched over to Notts County. On 4 August 1979, he played his first competitive game for the club against Mansfield Town in a Anglo-Scottish Cup qualifier. He made his league debut against Cardiff City on 18 August, with his side running out 4–1 winners. The Magpies finished 17th in the league in that season but gained promotion to the First Division by claiming the runners-up spot in the 1980–81 season, with Avramović contributing with 16 clean sheets. In the first season of the club's return to the top flight after 54 years, Avramović played in all 42 league games as they defeated Arsenal 2–1 in October and beat defending champions Aston Villa 1–0. Avramović made a total of 167 appearances in four seasons for the club. In 1983, Avramović left for Canada with intentions to play for Inter Montreal but Coventry City manager Bobby Gould convinced him to play for them in the 1983–84 First Division. He made his debut in a 2–1 win at Highfield Road over Leicester City. He was dropped from the starting line-up after a number of goalkeeping errors. He let a clearance from Watford custodian Steve Sherwood bounce over his head into an empty net and punched a cross into his own net in a 2–3 home defeat to Stoke City a few weeks later. Gould then declared he would not pick Avramović again in the post-match interview. He returned to Yugoslavia with OFK Belgrade in 1984, winning the Yugoslav Second League East Division title in his only season with the club before retiring at the age of 35. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Radojko Avramović」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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