 Preki as head coach of Toronto FC in May 2010 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Predrag Radosavljević | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | June 24, 1963 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Seattle Sounders FC (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Čukarički | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1982–1985 | Red Star Belgrade | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1985–1990 | Tacoma Stars (indoor) | 247 | (209) | |||||||||||
| 1990 | Råslätts SK | |||||||||||||
| 1990–1992 | St. Louis Storm (indoor) | 91 | (113) | |||||||||||
| 1992–1994 | Everton | 46 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | San Jose Grizzlies (indoor) | 32 | (67) | |||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Portsmouth | 40 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 1996–2000 | Kansas City Wizards | 145 | (50) | |||||||||||
| 2001 | Miami Fusion | 24 | (8) | |||||||||||
| 2002–2005 | Kansas City Wizards | 73 | (21) | |||||||||||
| Total | 330 | (88) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–2001 | United States | 28 | (4) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Chivas USA (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Chivas USA | |||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Toronto FC | |||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Sacramento Republic | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | Saint Louis FC | |||||||||||||
| 2018– | Seattle Sounders FC (assistant) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Predrag Radosavljević (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Радосављевић; born June 24, 1963), better known by the nickname Preki (/ˈprɛki/), is a former soccer player and coach. He is currently an assistant coach with Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer (MLS). He previously coached Sacramento Republic FC and Saint Louis FC in the United Soccer League and coached in MLS with Toronto FC and Chivas USA. Born in Yugoslavia, he represented the United States national team.
He played indoor soccer in the United States for over a decade, being considered among the best indoor players of all time.[2] During his playing football career, he played for English clubs Everton and Portsmouth, and was an 'MLS original' upon the formation of MLS in 1996, playing for the Kansas City Wizards (now known as Sporting Kansas City) and Miami Fusion. He is the only two-time winner of the MLS MVP award, now known as the Landon Donovan MVP Award, and represented the United States at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He was elected to the American National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2010.[3]
In 2015 Preki left his managing role at Sacramento Republic FC by mutual consent. It was thought that he had landed the Leicester City FC job, but it was given to Claudio Ranieri.[4]
- ^ "Preki | MLSsoccer.com". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
- ^ "Preki Radosavljevic – USMNT". ussoccerplayers.com. April 2, 2008.
- ^ "MLS Legends: Preki on his favorite MLS players to watch, his "chop" move, Seattle and more". www.mlssoccer.com.
- ^ "Everton FC cult figure Preki tipped for remarkable Premier League return". July 8, 2015. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2015.