Radivoje Ognjanović

Radivoje Ognjanović ( born July 1, 1933, Strošinci ) is A former Yugoslav football player. The striker later worked as a football coach and won the Africa Cup.

Biography

Club career

Ognjanović began his career with FK Srem. 1951 brought him Partizan Belgrade in its ranks, where he was employed irregularly during his military service. In 1953 he moved within the city to the newly promoted Radnički Belgrade, where he co-designed the most successful period of the club's history. In 1956 he reached the trained by Illés Spitz team behind Red Star Belgrade and Partizan Belgrade in third place in the following year, she was in the cup final. Despite a 3-0 half-time lead but this was lost against Partizan. Nevertheless, he had played as a team in support of this, the Yugoslav national team. By the end of the decade he placed with the team in the front third of the table, then followed the crash, which ended in relegation in the second division in 1961. He then left the club, it was followed by two unsuccessful stays at Partizan respectively Red Star.

Since Ognjanović had exceeded the usual in the Eastern Bloc age limit of 28 years for a change in the non- socialist countries, he went in 1963 to Austria Sturm Graz, then he was at FC Basel and Greenham end his career.

National

1957 debuted Ognjanović in the Yugoslav national team and was in the World Cup 1958 squad. Coach Aleksandar Tirnanić put him in the tournament for the first time during a 3-3 draw in the final group match against Paraguay. There he was among the scorers and was thus instrumental in reaching the quarter-finals. His second tournament was the 0-1 defeat against the reigning world champions Germany by a goal Helmut Rahn. By 1959, he ran on for the team.

Coaching career

After the 1982 World Cup Ognjanović took over as successor to Jean Vincent the national team of Cameroon. With the team to Théophile Abega, Ernest Ebongue, Bonaventure Djonkep and Joseph -Antoine Bell, he won by a 3-1 final win against Nigeria, the African Cup of Nations 1984. Later he trained also the Ivory Coast and worked as a youth coach in Asia.