Milorad Pavić (footballer)

Milorad Pavić
	Pavić in 1975 as Benfica coach
Personal information
Date of birth	11 November 1921
Place of birth	Valjevo, Kingdom of Serbs, ; Croats and Slovenes
Date of death	16 August 2005 (aged 83)
Place of death	Valjevo, Serbia and Montenegro
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Valjevo SK
	Red Star Belgrade
Managerial career
1957–1964	Red Star Belgrade
1964–1967	Standard Liège
1968–1969	Club Brugge
1969–1971	RFC Liège
1972–1974	Athletic Bilbao
1974–1975	Benfica
1975–1977	CD Málaga
1977–1978	Rouen
1978–1979	Sporting CP
1979	Vojvodina
1980–1983	Celta Vigo
1983–1984	Espanyol
1985–1987	Standard Liège
1987–1988	Standard Liège
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Milorad Pavić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милорад Павић, pronounced [mîlorad pǎːʋitɕ]; 11 November 1921 – 16 August 2005) was a Serbian football player and coach.

Career

As a player, Pavić defended the colours of Red Star Belgrade. After his active career he became a head coach with the same team, winning the national championship three times (1958–59, 1959–60, 1963–64) and winning three Yugoslav Cups (1958, 1959, 1964). For seven seasons between 1957 and 1964, he led the team from the bench in 216 official competitive matches (113 wins, 52 draws, and 51 losses).

He also coached Belgian teams Club Brugge (1967–1969), Standard Liège (1964–1967, 1985–1986, 1987–1988), Portuguese teams Benfica (1974–1975) and Sporting CP (1978–1979), and Spanish teams Athletic Bilbao (1972–1974), CD Málaga (1975–1977) and Celta de Vigo (1980–1983). Outside Yugoslavia he was known by nickname "Michel". The press also described him as a Gentleman in Iron Gloves.

In his youth Pavić was taken hostage by the Germans in World War II.

Pavić also won two Belgian Cups as a coach with Standard Liege (1966, 1967), a Spanish Copa del Rey with Athletic Bilbao (1973), and a Portuguese league with Benfica in 1974–75.