{"id":283142,"date":"2011-02-27T12:11:49","date_gmt":"2011-02-27T12:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/27\/ghana-world-cup-rajeavc-coach-lands-qatar-job\/"},"modified":"2011-02-27T12:11:49","modified_gmt":"2011-02-27T12:11:49","slug":"ghana-world-cup-rajeavc-coach-lands-qatar-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/27\/ghana-world-cup-rajeavc-coach-lands-qatar-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana World Cup Rajeavc Coach Lands Qatar Job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"74\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- google_ad_section_start -->Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/df07360avan-Rajevac.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24250\" title=\"Milovan Rajevac\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/df07360avan-Rajevac.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Milovan Rajevac (left) and Ghana defender John Paintsil at the World Cup finals<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Former Ghana coach Milovan Rajevac has been named Qatar national team coach, confirming the exclusive news Ghanasoccernet revealed two weeks ago that the Serbian would take the post in the Arab country.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This comes after Bruno Metsu was axed from the job earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman failed to lead the 2022 World Cup hosts go beyond the quarter-finals of the AFC Asian Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Rajevac, who guided Ghana to the last eight of the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa, refused to extend his deal with the Black Stars to take up the coach\u2019s job with Saudi side Al Ahli last September but suddenly quit earlier this week citing family problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are pleased to announce Milovan Rajevac as Qatar\u2019s coach,\u201d Qatar football federation president Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed al-Thani said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has done very well with Ghana and we are confident Qatar will do well under him,\u201d Sheikh Hamad told journalists at a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Rajevac, 56, played as a defender for Red Star Belgrade and New York Arrows before coaching several teams in his country.<\/p>\n<p>He was offered the top job by Ghana in 2008. Ghana lost to Uruguay in the quarter-finals of the Fifa World Cup last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am pleased to take up the Qatar offer,\u201d Rajevac said. \u201cQatar will host the World Cup in 2022 and it will be an honour to work here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Metsu\u2019s sacking had led to speculation that Qatar were looking for a high-profile coach, with media reports in Spain saying even Barcelona\u2019s Pep Guardiola was approached with a lucrative offer.<\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<div><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div><\/div>\n\n --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/df07360avan-Rajevac-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/02\/ghana-world-cup-coach-lands-qatar-job\/\" title=\"Ghana World Cup Rajeavc Coach Lands Qatar Job\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ghana World Cup Rajeavc Coach Lands Qatar Job<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website. Milovan Rajevac (left) and Ghana defender John Paintsil at the World Cup finals Former Ghana coach Milovan Rajevac has been named Qatar national team coach, confirming the exclusive news Ghanasoccernet revealed two weeks ago that the Serbian would take the post in the Arab country. 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