Zaviša Milosavljević

Zaviša Milosavljević

Personal information
Date of birth	(1961-07-14) 14 July 1961
Place of birth	Bor, FPR Yugoslavia
Managerial career
Years	Team
1999–2001	Bor
2001–2002	APR FC
2003–2007	Serbia U16
2003–2007	Serbia U19
2003–2007	Serbia U23
2007–2009	Lesotho
2011–2013	Pakistan
2012	Pakistan U22
2013	Pakistan U19
2014–2015	Dordoi Bishkek
2018	Timok
2019–2020	Uzbekistan U23 (assistant)
2024–	Haikou Mingcheng

Zaviša Milosavljević (Serbian Cyrillic: Завиша Милосављевић; born 14 July 1961) is a Serbian football manager.

Milosavljević was a professor of physical education at the University of Belgrade. He is a former coach of the Serbian under-16, under-19 and under-23 national teams. He has also coached Lesotho and Pakistan at international level.

Coaching career

Early years

From 1999 to 2001, Milosavljević managed FK Bor in the Serbian second division before coaching APR FC in Rwanda for a year, winning the national cup and national Super Cup in 2002. He then spent four years as Serbia national reserve teams.

Lesotho

In 2007, he was appointed by the Lesotho Football Association as the coach of the Lesotho national team on a three-year contract. However he was sacked after a disappointing result, after leading Lesotho in 17 international matches losing nine, drawing six and winning only twice.

Pakistan

Zaviša (middle) with the Pakistan national team coaching staff in 2011

In November 2011, Zaviša was appointed as the Pakistan national team coach on a two-year contract. He has mainly focused to improve infrastructure and bring on foreign based Pakistani players. In August 2013, Milosavljević was controversially removed from his post as Pakistan national team coach following a defeat in a friendly against Afghanistan, having won three matches, drawing four and losing five during his stint at the national team. He had also previously spoken against the policies of the Pakistan Football Federation under the controversial president Faisal Saleh Hayat, which ultimately led to his dismissal. In 30 September, he was subsequently assigned a role at the Pakistan under 19 national team with his contract due to expire in two months.

Dordoi Bishkek

In January 2014, Milosavljević left his role at the PPF's youth training academy to become the new manager of Kyrgyz club Dordoi Bishkek. He brought the Pakistani international players Kaleemullah, Muhammad Adil and Saddam Hussain to the club along with him to help the side become Kyrgyzstan league and cup winners. On 27 October 2015, Milosavljević resigned as manager of Dordoi Bishkek.

Later years

Zaviša then coached briefly FK Timok in Serbia, before joining the Uzbekistan U23 national team as assistant under Ljubinko Drulović in 2019, finishing fourth in the 2020 AFC U23 Championship.