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The Ghana Football Association has appointed Serbian tactician Milovan Rajevac as new Black Stars head coach.
The 67-year old has been appointed the new head coach of the Black Stars on a two-year deal after successful negotiations.
He has replaced CK Akonnor who was fired weeks ago over poor performance.[ads2]
Rajevac coached a number of club sides in his native Serbia, including Sloboda Užice, Red Star Belgrade, Vojvodina and Borac Čačak.i
He became Ghana manager in August 2008 and continued the Black Stars’s qualification campaign to 2010 World Cup where Ghana reached the quarter-final of the the tournament, narrowing losing to Uruguay on penalty shootouts.
Rajevac quit Ghana after the World Cup on 8 September 2010, and took up a position with Saudi Arabian team Al-Ahli a day later.[ads3]
He left the Saudi club in February 2011 to take up the role as national team coach for Qatar where he was relieved of duties in August 2011.
In September 2011, Rajevac was one of four managers linked with the Egyptian national team, and in February 2014 he was one of four managers linked with the Burkina Faso national team.
On 15 June 2016, he was officially appointed as manager of Rudar Velenje in Slovenia.
However, on 26 June 2016 he was appointed as manager of the Algerian national team. He resigned from the position in October 2016, after two matches[ads4]
In April 2017, after the resignation of Kiatisuk Senamuang, he had an interview with Football Association of Thailand and was expected to become the head coach of the Thailand national football team. Eventually, he was appointed on one-year deal with an option for another one year by Football Association of Thailand on 26 April 2017.
On 5 February 2018, Football Association of Thailand announced the extension of Rajevac’s contract to 2020.
He was sacked on 7 January 2019 following a 4–1 defeat against India in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup but has returned to manage the Ghana national team for a second time in September 2021.[ads5]