Zdravko Rajkov

Zdravko Rajkov

Rajkov in Iran
Personal information
Date of birth	(1927-12-05)5 December 1927
Place of birth	Čurug, Kingdom of SCS
Date of death	30 July 2006(2006-07-30) (aged 78)
Place of death	Mexico City, Mexico
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1950–1962	Vojvodina	220	(94)
1962–1963	Lausanne-Sport
1963–1966	Biel-Bienne
International career
1951–1958	Yugoslavia	28	(11)
Managerial career
1967–1968	Vojvodina
1969–1976	Taj
1969–1970	Iran
1978	Sepahan
1979–1981	Algeria
1981–1983	Córdoba
Medal record Representing  Yugoslavia Men's Football 1952 Helsinki Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zdravko Rajkov (Serbian Cyrillic: Здравко Рајков; 5 December 1927 – 30 July 2006) was a Serbian football striker and manager.

He played for the Yugoslavia national team, scoring 11 goals in 28 matches, and participated in the 1958 FIFA World Cup, where he scored a goal in the match against Paraguay. He was also part of Yugoslavia's squad at the 1952 Summer Olympics, but did not play in any matches.^[1] He later began coaching career and coached several teams, including the national teams of Iran and Algeria.

Honours

Club

Vojvodina

• Yugoslav First League: Runner-up 1957, 1962
• Yugoslav Cup: Runner-up 1951

Lausanne-Sport

• Nationalliga A: Runner-up 1963

Taj

• Iran League: 1971, 1975 ; Runner-up 1974 (as a manager)
• Asian Champion Club Tournament: 1970 ; Third place: 1971 (as a manager)

International

• Summer Olympics: Silver medal 1952
• Africa Cup of Nations: Runner-up 1980 (as a manager)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zdravko Rajkov.

• Zdravko Rajkov – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Zdravko Rajkov at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
• Zdravko Rajkov manager profile at BDFutbol