Preki
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| Preki | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Predrag Radosavljević | |
| Date of birth | June 24, 1963 | |
| Place of birth | Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia | |
| Playing position | Left winger | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Chivas USA (manager) | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1983-85 1992-94 1994-95 1995 1996-2000 2001 2002-2005 |
Red Star Belgrade Tacoma Stars (indoor) St. Louis Storm (indoor) Everton F.C. Portsmouth F.C. San Jose Grizzlies (indoor) Kansas City Wizards Miami Fusion Kansas City Wizards |
1 (0) 46 (4) 40 (5) 145 (50) 24 (8) 73 (21) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1996-1998 | USA | 28 (4) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2007- | Chivas USA | |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Predrag Radosavljević (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Радосављевић), commonly known in the United States as Preki (Преки) (born June 24, 1963 in Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia), is a Serbian-American soccer player. He is currently the head coach at C.D. Chivas USA.
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[edit] Early career
Preki's career with league football clubs began in 1983 with Red Star Belgrade, with whom he spent 2 years, winning one championship. Preki moved to the United States in 1985 to play indoor soccer in the original MISL, first with the Tacoma Stars then with the St. Louis Storm. He played until 1992 and was named an all-star for all seven seasons. Preki played in England, first for Everton of the FA Premier League (1992-1994) and then one season with Portsmouth of the First Division. From 1994 to 1995, Preki played in the Continental Indoor Soccer League for the San Jose Grizzlies.
[edit] MLS
Preki resumed outdoor play beginning with MLS's inaugural season in 1996 when he joined the Kansas City Wizards. He played every season for the Wizards, except for one season with the Miami Fusion in 2001. After the Fusion were contracted, the Wizards re-acquired Preki in the 2002 MLS Dispersal Draft, but only after every other team in the league had passed on selecting him. Preki is the only player to have won the MLS MVP Award and the MLS Scoring Champion Award twice, winning in 1997 and 2003, and is also the current all-time league leader in points scored (270 on 79 goals and 112 assists, plus another 25 points on 10 goals and 5 assists in the playoffs). He won the 2000 MLS Cup with the Wizards. Preki retired following the 2005 season, scoring a goal in the last minute of his final game with Kansas City. He was named to the MLS All-Time Best XI after the season, and was 42 years old when he played his final competitive game.
[edit] National team
Though originally from Yugoslavia, Preki played for the American national team after acquiring U.S. citizenship in 1996. He made his debut for the U.S. on November 3rd, against Guatemala. Preki played a total of 28 games for the U.S., scoring four goals, one of them to beat Brazil at the 1998 Gold Cup. Two of those games, including one against his native Yugoslavia, came in the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
[edit] Coaching
After retiring as a player, Preki became an assistant coach with Chivas USA, and upon the appointment of Bob Bradley as the United States national team manager, Preki was promoted as head coach of Chivas USA for the 2007 Major League Soccer season and was named Coach of the Year in his first season.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Preki, Edu named Coach, Rookie of the Year (press release). Major League Soccer (November 7, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-11-07.
[edit] External links
| Preceded by Bob Bradley |
C.D. Chivas USA Head Coach 2007-Present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Carlos Valderrama |
Major League Soccer MVP Award 1997 |
Succeeded by Marco Etcheverry |
| Preceded by Carlos Ruíz |
Major League Soccer MVP Award 2003 |
Succeeded by Amado Guevara |
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