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Personal information
Ratko Svilar
Date of birth	May 6, 1950 (1950-05-06) (age 59)
Place of birth	Crvenka, Yugoslavia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Antwerp (coach)
Senior career¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1970-1973 1973-1980 1978 1980-1996	FK Crvenka Vojvodina → Rochester Lancers (loan) Antwerp	31 (0) 162 (0) 16 (0) 249 (0)
National team
1976-1983	Yugoslavia	9 (0)
Teams managed
1995 1996 1997-1998 2009-	Antwerp Antwerp Antwerp Antwerp
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Ratko Svilar (born May 6, 1950 in Crvenka) is a former Serbian footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.

Having played for Royal Antwerp FC for nearly 20 years, he is the Belgian Second Division club's current coach.

[edit] Football career

Svilar joined Royal Antwerp FC in November 1980 from FK Vojvodina, and proceeded to endure a 16-year spell with the Belgian outfit, alternating between the posts and the bench, as he totalled 249 league matches (both top divisions combined).

He retired from professional play aged 46, going on to have several coaching spells with his last and most important club. On the international level, Svilar played for Yugoslavia (nine matches), and was a participant at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

[edit] External links

Royal Antwerp profile (Dutch)
National team data (Serbian)

v • d • e Yugoslavia squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup

1 Pantelić • 2 Jerolimov • 3 Gudelj • 4 Zajec • 5 Stojković • 6 Krmpotić • 7 Petrović • 8 Šljivo • 9 Zoran Vujović • 10 Živković • 11 Zlatko Vujović • 12 Pudar • 13 Sušić • 14 Jovanović • 15 Hrstić • 16 Šestić • 17 Jerković • 18 Deverić • 19 Halilhodžić • 20 Šurjak • 21 Pašić • 22 Svilar • Coach: Miljanić

Royal Antwerp FC – Managers

Verdyck (1919–30) · Löwenfeldt (1930–32) · Delausnay (1932–34) · Less (1934) · Molnar (1934–36) · Löwenfeldt (1936–38) · Wertz (1938–39) · Pelsmaeker (1941–44) · Pelsmaeker (1945–49) · De Clercq & Gedopt (1949–53) · Game (1953–60) · Havlicek (1960–61) · Humenberger (1961–64) · Hofman & Fraifont (1964) · D'Hollander (1964–65) · Game (1965–68) · Maertens (1968–70) · Cautreels (1970–71) · Csernai (1971–72) · Wauters & Simons (1972) · Braems (1972–73) · Thys (1973–76) · Vliers (1976–77) · Novák (1977–79) · Van Den Bergh (1979–80) · Wauters (1980) · Davidovic (1980–83) · Dockx (1983–84) · Haan (1984–85) · Nollet (1985–86) · Keßler (1986–89) · Davidovic (1989–91) · Koekelcoren (1991) · de Wit (1991) · Meeuws (1991–93) · Haesaert (1993–95) · Svilar (1995) · Fazekas (1995–96) · Svilar (1996) · Keßler (1996–97) · Svilar (1997–98) · Van Acker (1998–01) · De Coninck (2001–02) · Houwaart (2002–03) · Desaeyere (2003) · Perazic (2003–04) · Grosjean (2004) · Tipurić (2004–05) · Van Acker (2005–06) · Joyce (2006–08) · Davidovic (2008–09) · Svilar (2009–)

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