Kickoff (Cape Town)
12 August 2008
More details are beginning to emerge about the man who has been handed the responsibility of taking Ghana to the 2010 World Cup.
Milovan Rajevac has agreed a two-year deal with the Ghana Football Association to take charge of the Black Stars, with the simple but important brief of taking the nation to a second straight World Cup appearance.
The 54-year old is due in Accra by Monday, before he will lead the Black Stars out for the first time against Tanzania in their international friendly away in Arusha.
Before that however Rajevic will take charge of his final game at club side FK Borac as they seek to qualify for the next stage of the Uefa Cup on Wednesday.
FK Borac host Locomotive Sofia in the first leg of their second qualifying round match at home, before saying what is bound to be an emotional goodbye to a club he has long been associated with.
He spent five years of his playing career in two different spells at the club in the 70s and 80s before playing for Red Stars Belgrade. He also had a two-year playing career in Sweeden.
Much of his coaching career has been spent in his native Serbia, where he was assistant at Red Star Belgrade. He then took FC Vojvodina who had struggled the previous season to third place earning them a Uefa Cup place in the process last year before making the switch to Borak.
The GFA is convinced the Serbian has a CV good enough for the Black Stars even though this will be his first job in charge of a national team.
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