Ratko Svilar
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 May 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Crvenka, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1973 | FK Crvenka | 31 | (0) |
| 1973–1980 | Vojvodina | 201 | (0) |
| 1978 | → Rochester Lancers (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 1980–1996 | Antwerp | 243 | (0) |
| Total | 491 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1976–1983 | Yugoslavia | 9 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1995 | Antwerp | ||
| 1995–1996 | Antwerp (assistant) | ||
| 1996 | Antwerp | ||
| 1996–1998 | Antwerp (assistant) | ||
| 1998 | Antwerp | ||
| 1999–2000 | Putte SK | ||
| 2008–2009 | Antwerp (assistant) | ||
| 2009 | Antwerp | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Ratko Svilar (Serbian Cyrillic: Ратко Свилар; born 6 May 1950) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Having played for Antwerp for nearly 20 years, he also coached the Belgian club on several occasions.[1]
Football career
Born in Crvenka, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Svilar joined Royal Antwerp F.C. in November 1980 from FK Vojvodina – he started his career with lowly hometown club FK Crvenka – and proceeded to endure a 16-year spell with the Belgian side, alternating between the posts and the bench; in the 1991–92 season, he contributed with 12 league appearances to help his team finish in fifth position, winning the Belgian Cup – his only piece of silverware – in the process.[2]
Svilar retired from professional play aged 46, going on to have several coaching spells with his last and most important club. On the international level, he represented Yugoslavia and was a participant at the 1982 FIFA World Cup; he gained his first cap on 25 September 1976, starting in a 0–3 friendly away loss to Italy.
References
- ↑ "Ratko Svilar in coma gehouden na woningbrand" [Ratko Svilar in a coma after house fire] (in Dutch). Vandaag. 8 August 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ↑ "Belgium Cup 1991/92". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
External links
- Royal Antwerp profile (Dutch)
- National team data (Serbian)
- Ratko Svilar at National-Football-Teams.com
- NASL Jerseys profile
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