In today's world, Pavle Dolezar has become a topic of relevance and interest to a wide spectrum of society. Whether due to its impact on popular culture, politics, technology or people's daily lives, Pavle Dolezar has managed to capture the attention of millions of people around the world. Over the years, Pavle Dolezar has been the subject of debate, analysis and reflection, generating a great diversity of opinions and points of view that reflect the complexity and importance of this topic. In this article, we will explore the various facets of Pavle Dolezar and its influence in different areas of modern life, with the aim of shedding light on a topic that continues to be relevant today.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 May 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | Bačka Palanka, Yugoslavia | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bačka Bačka Palanka | |||
| Slavija Novi Sad | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1963–1966 | Bačka Bačka Palanka | ||
| 1967–1968 | Proleter Zrenjanin | 57 | (1) |
| 1969 | Paris-Neuilly | 23 | (0) |
| 1969–1970 | Heracles Almelo | ||
| 1970–1971 | AGOVV Apeldoorn | ||
| 1971–1972 | Go Ahead Eagles | 5 | (0) |
| 1972–1973 | SC Heerenveen | 25 | (0) |
| 1973–1974 | Charleroi | 5 | (0) |
| 1974–1978 | Cholet | 93 | (1) |
| 1978–1981 | US Alençon | 4 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1977–1978 | SO Cholet | ||
| 1985–1986 | Béziers | ||
| 1997–1999 | Kaizer Chiefs | ||
| 1999–2001 | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||
| 2002 | Sharjah | ||
| 2004 | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||
| 2005–2006 | Bloemfontein Celtic | ||
| 2008 | Black Leopards | ||
| 2010–2011 | Mpumalanga Black Aces | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Pavle Dolezar (Serbian Cyrillic: Павле Долезар; born 1 May 1944), also known as Paul Dolezar, is a Serbian-French football manager and former professional footballer who used to play as a midfielder.
Born in Bačka Palanka,[1] SR Serbia, back then part of Yugoslavia, he began his youth career playing with Bačka Bačka Palanka and OFK Slavija Novi Sad. He debuted as senior in 1963 playing with Bačka Bačka Palanka in Yugoslav Second League until the winter break of the 1966–67 season when he was brought by one of back then dominant clubs in the region of Vojvodina, Proleter Zrenjanin.[1] In the season he joined Proleter, the club achieved promotion to the Yugoslav First League and Dolezar played with Proleter in the Yugoslav highest level in the seasons 1967–68 and 1968–69.[1][2]
He then moved abroad and played with Paris-Neuilly, Heracles Almelo, AGOVV, Go Ahead Eagles,[3] SC Heerenveen,[4] R. Charleroi S.C., SO Cholet and US Alençon.
After retiring as a footballer he became a manager and coached Neuilly-sur-Seine, SO Cholet and Béziers in France.[5] He also managed Tunisian side AS Gabès before moving to South Africa.
In 1997 and 1998, he led the Kaizer Chief's to the Rothmans Cup title. He was sacked as manager of the Chiefs in June 1999 and was appointed as manager of Sundowns in July 1999.[6] In 1999, he won the Rothmans Cup title again with Mamelodi Sundowns in a final against Free State Stars.[7] After the Rothmans cup win, he went on to win the 1999 PSL Castle league with Mamelodi Sundowns.[8] In 2005, Dolezar remarkably won the SAA Super 8 cup with Bloemfontein Celtic.[9] It had been 20 years since Bloemfontein Celtic won silverware[10]