Slobodan Rojević

Slobodan Rojević (Cyrillic: Слободан Ројевић; born 30 April 1958) is a former Yugoslav and Montenegrin professional footballer who played as a defender.

Slobodan Rojević
Personal information
Full name Slobodan Rojević
Date of birth (1958-04-30) 30 April 1958
Place of birth Nikšić, FPR Yugoslavia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1980 Sutjeska Nikšić 76 (5)
1981–1986 Partizan 342 (4)
1986–1988 Sion 72 (12)
1988–1989 Yverdon 36 (2)
1989–1991 Fribourg 104 (8)
Total 630 (31)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Rojević started out at his hometown club Sutjeska Nikšić, making 76 appearances and scoring five goals in the Yugoslav Second League from 1977 to 1980. He was subsequently transferred to Partizan in the summer of 1981. Over the next five seasons at the Stadion JNA, Rojević amassed 342 appearances and scored four times in the Yugoslav First League, while winning two championship titles in 1983 and 1986. He played a dozen of UEFA Cup games against some notable opponents like Queens Park Rangers F.C., FC Nantes and Berliner FC Dynamo.

In the summer of 1986, Rojević moved abroad to Switzerland and signed with Sion. He spent two seasons at the club, before switching to Yverdon. A year later, Rojević joined fellow Swiss club Fribourg, before retiring from the game.

Managerial career

After hanging up his boots, Rojević remained living and working in Switzerland, leading multiple clubs in Canton of Fribourg such as FC Domdidier, FC Portalban/Gletterens and Fribourg. He's currently coaching youth selections in the Canton of Fribourg.[1]

In 2014, he was invited by FIFA to represent legends of Sion, a club dear to Sepp Blatter, in a match against FIFA all-stars comprising famous players Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer), Javier Zanetti and Sunday Oliseh.

Honours
Partizan

References
  1. "Rojević: Partizan je moj život" (in Serbian). novosti.rs. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
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