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Serbian Mladen Krstajic Lined Up To Replace Rohr

The Nigeria Football Federation have lined up former Serbian national team coach Mladen Krstajic as replacement for Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr, Completesports.com reports.

According to various sources, Rohr’s exit should be finalised this week and the 47-year-old, who managed Serbia at the 2018 World Cup, could be the man to replace him.


Top NFF officials are set to meet his representatives this week to finalise details of his contract.

Krstajic is a free agent after leaving his post as head coach of Serbian club TSC last month.

The former defender was capped 59 times by his country and scored two goals.

He also played for German clubs Werder Bremen and Schalke 04.

https://www.completesports.com/serbian-mladen-krstajic-lined-up-to-replace-rohr/

all these unknown coaches wey no even get name for dier country
naim naija like to dey carry for head..
pls we need coaches dt are familiar with african football, if d NFF CNT
get any, we should pls stick with local coach..
this man gat no name n it would be a shame If he cnt take us to d
world cup..

If you read Mladen Krstajic's managerial history, you will cry. He is NOT in any way near our own Emmanuel Amunike that FIFA frequently drafts into its technical committee during World Cups. Besides, Mladen has zero experience of working in Africa.

What is wrong in giving Amunike a chance since he groomed most of this current Super Eagles as coach in under-age national teams? I believe Amunike can draw from his rich experience and his knowledge of these young players to build a better Super Eagles team.

The fact is having had Sunday Oliseh question things as Super Eagles manager, Amaju Pinnick now prefers inexperienced Europeans manager who will 'worship' him to make money than a fellow Nigerian and a stakeholder who would question mediocrities.

When is Amaju Pinnick's tenure ending because this mediocrity needs to stop. He is just using Nigerian football to strengthen his position in FIFA and nothing more.

This NFF seems to be playing with our football



Why not throw open the job


Or better still allow few interested coaches come Over


Than hand picking to give us another bogus clus

paulolee:
all these unknown coaches wey no even get name for dier country
naim naija like to dey carry for head..
pls we need coaches dt are familiar with african football, if d NFF CNT
get any, we should pls stick with local coach..
this man gat no name n it would be a shame If he cnt take us to d
world cup..

Bros i tire for NFF


Even Amunike is 10 time better than this...

See his profile


A holder of Master’s degree in English language and literature, Miloš Marković worked as the Editor-in-Chief at Sportske.net. He now contributes to various outlets as a freelance journalist. He also is a member of the Guardian Network and a FIFA correspondent for Serbia. ionate about English language and football, Miloš Marković is also a huge Liverpool fan. You can find him on Twitter @milosemarkovicu.


In an interview before he coached Serbia he said

I’m in the agricultural business, real estate, I have a distillery, and I own a motel…I’m not embarrassed to do anything, and I never find it difficult to do things that are good for my family. I pay my taxes; I bring money into our laboured country. I can put on a tie and a suit when needed, but I also like to sit on a bottle crate after a hard day’s work and share a beer with my tractor men.”, Krstajić said.

http://www.futbolgrad.com/mladen-krstajic-serbia-coach/

Lalasticlala. Mynd44

His record at the world cup 2018



Lost 2 games


And managed a win

robosky02:
See his profile


A holder of Master’s degree in English language and literature, Miloš Marković worked as the Editor-in-Chief at Sportske.net. He now contributes to various outlets as a freelance journalist. He also is a member of the Guardian Network and a FIFA correspondent for Serbia. ionate about English language and football, Miloš Marković is also a huge Liverpool fan. You can find him on Twitter @milosemarkovicu.


In an interview before he coached Serbia he said

I’m in the agricultural business, real estate, I have a distillery, and I own a motel…I’m not embarrassed to do anything, and I never find it difficult to do things that are good for my family. I pay my taxes; I bring money into our laboured country. I can put on a tie and a suit when needed, but I also like to sit on a bottle crate after a hard day’s work and share a beer with my tractor men.”, Krstajić said.

http://www.futbolgrad.com/mladen-krstajic-serbia-coach/

Lalasticlala. Mynd44

This is not his profile. He is not a journalist.

Amaju pinnick and the Blazers are birds of the same feathers

cr7lomo:
Small pinnick and the Blazers are birds of the same feathers

omor dis pinnick worst bcoz, d balzers can listen or bow to fans demands but this pinnick go say we know nothing n still employ that clown.

festacman:


This is not his profile. He is not a journalist.

Miloš Marković worked as the Editor-in-Chief at Sportske.net.



Are you disputing it bring your own fact

Mladen Krstajić (Serbian Cyrillic: Младен Крстајић, pronounced [mlǎden kr̩stâjitɕ]; born 4 March 1974) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back.


He represented Serbia and Montenegro at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. From January 2015[1] until March 2020,[2] Krstajić served the role of chairman of the board of Bosnian Premier League club Radnik Bijeljina.


Krstajić was born and raised in Zenica, SFR Yugoslavia, present day Bosnia and Herzegovina to a Bosnian Serb mother from Bijeljina and a father from Žabljak, Montenegro.[3] After playing in the youth teams of Čelik Zenica, Krstajić moved to Kikinda, FR Yugoslavia, present day Serbia in April 1992, following the breakout of the Bosnian War. He started playing with Senta for six months. He then moved to OFK Kikinda, at that time a first league club. At some point of a successful career as a Serbian football player, there comes the time, to decide, whether one wants to play for Partizan or for Red Star Belgrade, and Krstajić decided to take the move to Partizan in 1996. According to Krstajić himself, Red Star was interested in him, but as he comes from a family that cheers for Partizan, he decided to sign a contract with his favourite club. His four and a half years at Partizan were more than successful, winning the national championships three times (1996, 1997, 1999) and also the national cup in 1998.

Werder Bremen and Schalke

Krstajić with Schalke 04 in 2007.
In 2000, Krstajić, the defender with the "winner mentality" (Jupp Heynckes)[citation needed] ed German Bundesliga club Werder Bremen who paid a DM 1.8 million (about €950,000) transfer fee to Partizan.[4] At Werder Bremen he was initially deployed at left-back in his first season[5] but became one of the best central defenders in the Bundesliga,[4] winning the double of Bundesliga and cup with Werder in 2004.

In 2004 he ed Schalke 04, where he was named the new captain on 17 March 2009

Partizan
On 5 June 2009, Krstajić signed a two-year contract with his former club Partizan.[7] In January 2010, after the departure of Nenad Đorđević, he was named the new Partizan captain.[8] After two very successful seasons, Krstajić played his last professional match on 21 May 2011.[9] Immediately after retiring, he was appointed as the new director of football of the club. After less than 6 months as director of football, he was sacked due to a media war against club president Dragan Đurić. Aleksandar Stanojević resigned as manager as a result.

The day before Krstajić was released, Partizan fans, Grobari, chanted his name as a sign of during a basketball match against arch rivals Red Star.

International career
Krstajić was a part of the Serbia and Montenegro national team "Famous Four" defence, which conceded just one goal during the qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The other of the famous four were Ivica Dragutinović, Goran Gavrančić and Nemanja Vidić.

Between 1999 and 2008 he made 58 international appearances scoring 2 goals. He represented three senior national sides: FR Yugoslavia (1992–2002; 20 appearances, 2 goals), Serbia and Montenegro (2002–2006; 27 appearances), and Serbia (2006–2008; 11 appearances).

Managerial career
Serbia
In October 2017, Krstajić succeeded Slavoljub Muslin as head coach of the Serbia national team, initially as a caretaker. In December, it was announced he would take on the role permanently and at least until the end of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[12][13]

On 13 June 2019, Krstajić was sacked from the position after a dismal 5–0 loss in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier against Ukraine.[14][15]

TSC
Krstajić became head coach of TSC in January 2021.[16] He left the club in October.

istrative career
Before becoming a manager, Krstajić became the new chairman of the board of Bosnian Premier League club Radnik Bijeljina on 23 January 2015.

During his time as club chairman, Radnik became a stable Bosnian Premier League club, finishing almost always in the top five or six. It won its first ever national and major trophy, the Bosnian Cup in the 2015–16 season and thus qualified for its first ever UEFA competition, the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds.

In the 2018–19 Bosnian Premier League season, Radnik finished in fifth place, but as fourth placed Željezničar did not get an UEFA license to compete in the following season's UEFA Europa League, Radnik was qualified by default to the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds for a second time in its history.

On 27 December 2019, Krstajić unexpectedly decided to leave Radnik, stating that it was time for someone new to lead the club.[23] He officially left the club on 28 March 2020, with Predrag Perković succeeding him as chairman.[2]

Career statistics
Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kikinda 1993–94 First League of FR Yugoslavia 24 0 0 0 – 24 0
1994–95 Second League of FR Yugoslavia 31 2 0 0 – 31 2
Total 55 2 – 55 2
Partizan 1995–96 First League of FR Yugoslavia 6 1 1 0 – 6 1
1996–97 First League of FR Yugoslavia 11 0 – 1 0 12 0
1997–98 First League of FR Yugoslavia 21 4 4 0 – 2 0 23 4
1998–99 First League of FR Yugoslavia 17 0 7 2 – 4 1 21 3
1999–00 First League of FR Yugoslavia 29 2 2 0 – 6 2 37 4
Total 84 7 14 2 – 13 3 111 12
Werder Bremen 2000–01[24] Bundesliga 25 2 2 0 0 0 5 0 32 2
2001–02[24] Bundesliga 26 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 30 2
2002–03[24] Bundesliga 31 4 5 0 1 0 4 1 41 5
2003–04[24] Bundesliga 30 3 5 0 0 0 4 0 39 3
Total 112 11 14 0 1 0 15 1 142 12
Schalke 04 2004–05[24] Bundesliga 28 1 5 1 0 0 12 1 45 3
2005–06[24] Bundesliga 29 2 1 0 2 0 12 0 44 2
2006–07[24] Bundesliga 27 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 29 1
2007–08[24] Bundesliga 23 2 2 0 3 0 6 0 34 2
2008–09[24] Bundesliga 24 1 3 0 – 4 0 31 1
Total 131 7 13 1 5 0 34 1 183 9
Partizan 2009–10 Serbian SuperLiga 22 2 1 0 – 9 2 32 4
2010–11 Serbian SuperLiga 21 1 4 0 – 12 0 37 1
Total 43 3 5 0 – 21 2 69 5
Career total 425 30 46 3 6 0 83 7 560 40
International Edit
Appearances and goals by national team and year[25]
National team Year Apps Goals
FR Yugoslavia 1999 2 0
2000 5 0
2001 5 1
2002 11 1
Serbia and Montenegro 2003 7 0
2004 5 0
2005 8 0
2006 5 0
Serbia 2006 5 0
2007 4 0
2008 2 0
Total 59 2
Managerial statistics Edit
As of 17 October 2021
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serbia 30 October 2017 13 June 2019 19 9 5 5 30 21 +9 47.37
TSC Bačka Topola 4 January 2021 19 October 2021 33 15 8 10 51 37 +14 45.45
Total 52 24 13 15 81 58 +23 46.15
Honours Edit
Player Edit
Partizan

Serbian SuperLiga: 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2009–10,[26] 2010–11[26]
Serbian Cup: 1997–98, 2010–11[26]
Werder Bremen[26]

Bundesliga: 2003–04
DFB-Pokal: 2003–04
Schalke 04[26]



https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mladen_Krstajić

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To me this is a very good move by the NFF for him to have coach Serbia national team means he is not a bad coach. Serbians are known for organizing a good team and been tactical in the way they approach games to me is a upper grade to genort rohr .
He is 47 I believe is hunger to sell himself to big clubs in future will want to make a statement with our national team.

I hope the NFF will pay him is salary when due

NFF will just go to one foreign country and employ a secondary school PE teacher to coach Super Eagles.

Chai! So we don't have local Coach
Why always white?

haba NFF
instead of this, lets manage Rohr like that na

It's good no local coach will be employed

A Nigerian coach allowed to select players by himself would do better

Some arindins are still fighting on who the real person is. Whichever one, he's not good enough!

Who’s this unknown entity kwanu

Only two goals for him career, and na him una want sign? God punish una

Unknown coaches...

paulolee:
all these unknown coaches wey no even get name for dier country
naim naija like to dey carry for head..
pls we need coaches dt are familiar with african football, if d NFF CNT
get any, we should pls stick with local coach..
this man gat no name n it would be a shame If he cnt take us to d
world cup..

Another one, sounds like Ole gonna soldier....



Ole @ dwheel

paulolee:
all these unknown coaches wey no even get name for dier country
naim naija like to dey carry for head..
pls we need coaches dt are familiar with african football, if d NFF CNT
get any, we should pls stick with local coach..
this man gat no name n it would be a shame If he cnt take us to d
world cup..

I hope this is not another junk

That amaju picnic pun intended would be the death of Nigerian football!

Confused name for a confused country!
Serbia wey play rubbish for world cup come lose 5:0 to ukraine wey make dem sack dis man, na ehm amaju wan go bring!
Oliseh will do a better job than all these UNKOWN COACHES