Ratko Dostanić
Personal information
Full name	Ratko Dostanić
Date of birth	October 25, 1959 (1959-10-25) (age 50)
Place of birth	Lučani, FPR Yugoslavia
Height	1.84
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	free agent
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1981-1983 1983-1986 1986-1987 1987-1988 1988-1990 1990-1992 1992-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996	Timok Zaječar Rad Bourges Caen Le Mans Rodez Red Star 93 Châtellerault Montluçon
Teams managed
1995-1996 2000-2001 2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2006 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 2009	Montluçon Obilić Smederevo Slavia Sofia Red Star Belgrade Slavia Sofia OFK Beograd Bežanija Veria Dalian Shide Vardar Srem Levski Sofia
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Ratko Dostanić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ратко Достанић; born October 25, 1959 in Lučani, Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian football coach and former player, ex-manager of Bulgarian club PFC Levski Sofia.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Coaching Career 3 Honours 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Playing career

During his career as a footballer Ratko Dostanić used to play as a defender^[1], playing for Yugoslavian Timok Zaječar and Rad^[2], and French clubs - FC Bourges, SM Caen, Le Mans Union Club 72, Rodez AF, Red Star 93, SO Châtellerault and EDS Montluçon^[3].

[edit] 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 is the head coach of FK Obilić^[4].

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^[5].

On 23 July 2009 Dostanić was appointed head coach of PFC Levski Sofia replacing Emil Velev who was fired the previous day^[6], signing for 2+1 years with the club until 2012^[7].

On 18 October, about 3 months after becoming head coach of Levski, Dostanić resigned following a 0:1 home loss to Beroe.^[8]

Under Dostaninic management Levski Sofia "achieved" its worst record 8 consecutive losses both in the Bulgarian League and in the International competitions.

[edit] 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.^[1].

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 .

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Profile in the official PFC Levski Sofia website

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