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Pavle Dolezar
Serbian footballer (born 1944)
Pavle Dolezar (Serbian Cyrillic: Павле Долезар; born 1 May 1944), also known as Paul Dolezar, is a Serbian-French football manager and former professional footballer who used to play as a midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1944-05-01) 1 May 1944 (age 79) | ||
| Place of birth | Bačka Palanka, Yugoslavia | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bačka Bačka Palanka | |||
| Slavija Novi Sad | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1963–1966 | Bačka Bačka Palanka | ||
| 1967–1968 | Proleter Zrenjanin | 57 | (1) |
| 1969 | Paris-Neuilly | 23 | (0) |
| 1969–1970 | Heracles Almelo | ||
| 1970–1971 | AGOVV Apeldoorn | ||
| 1971–1972 | Go Ahead Eagles | 5 | (0) |
| 1972–1973 | SC Heerenveen | 25 | (0) |
| 1973–1974 | Charleroi | 5 | (0) |
| 1974–1978 | Cholet | 93 | (1) |
| 1978–1981 | US Alençon | 4 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1977–1978 | SO Cholet | ||
| 1985–1986 | Béziers | ||
| 1997–1999 | Kaizer Chiefs | ||
| 1999–2001 | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||
| 2002 | Sharjah | ||
| 2004 | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||
| 2005–2006 | Bloemfontein Celtic | ||
| 2008 | Black Leopards | ||
| 2010–2011 | Mpumalanga Black Aces | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Bačka Palanka,[1] SR Serbia, back then part of Yugoslavia, he began his youth career playing with Bačka Bačka Palanka and OFK Slavija Novi Sad. He debuted as senior in 1963 playing with Bačka Bačka Palanka in Yugoslav Second League until the winter break of the 1966–67 season when he was brought by one of back then dominant clubs in the region of Vojvodina, Proleter Zrenjanin.[1] In the season he joined Proleter, the club achieved promotion to the Yugoslav First League and Dolezar played with Proleter in the Yugoslav highest level in the seasons 1967–68 and 1968–69.[1][2]
He then moved abroad and played with Paris-Neuilly, Heracles Almelo, AGOVV, Go Ahead Eagles,[3] SC Heerenveen,[4] R. Charleroi S.C., SO Cholet and US Alençon. After retiring as a footballer he became a manager and coached Neuilly-sur-Seine, SO Cholet and Béziers in France.[5] He also managed Tunisian side AS Gabès before moving to South Africa.
In 1997 and 1998, he led the Kaizer Chief's to the Rothmans Cup title. He was sacked as manager of the Chiefs in June 1999 and was appointed as manager of Sundowns in July 1999.[6] In 1999, he won the Rothmans Cup title again with Mamelodi Sundowns in a final against Free State Stars.[7] After the Rothmans cup win, he went on to win the 1999 PSL Castle league with Mamelodi Sundowns.[8] In 2005, Dolezar remarkably won the SAA Super 8 cup with Bloemfontein Celtic.[9] It had been 20 years since Bloemfontein Celtic won silverware[10]
- "Asovi Yu Fudbala", page 23 (in Serbian)
- Period 1962-1968 at fsgzrenjanin.com
- Pavlo Dolezar at elfvoetbal.nl
- Paja Dolezar full in friese haagje Archived 3 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine at feanonline.nl
- Coaches in French clubs at RSSSF.com
- Malueke, Joe (26 July 1999). "Africa: Dolezar takes over as Sundowns coach". AllAfrica.com. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- "Mamelodi Sundowns' Most Successful PSL Title-Winning Coaches". Soccer Laduma. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- "Paul Rothmans Cup Dolezar one of the best foreign coaches to coach in SA". Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- Setena, Teboho. "Path laid out for Celtic to win". News24. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.