Radojko Avramović

Avramović began his playing career with Yugoslav Second League club Borac Čačak in 1968 after discontinuing his law studies two years into university. As he disliked heading the ball, Avramović switched from playing in central defence to the goalkeeper position. He won the 1972–73 Second League East Division title with the club. In 1975, he signed for First League club Rijeka where he made 119 league appearances and won the 1977–78 Yugoslav Cup. As Cup winners, Rijeka qualified for the 1978–79 Cup Winners' Cup. In the first round, Rijeka defeated Welsh club Wrexham 3–2 over two legs to advance to the next round. Rijeka were drawn against Belgian outfit K.S.K. Beveren in the second round. After a goalless draw in the home leg, Rijeka conceded two goals in the return leg to exit the competition 2–0 on aggregate.

In 1978, the Football Association lifted the restriction on foreign players in the Football League. Avramović was scouted by Notts County manager Jimmy Sirrel, who claimed he had found "a goalie who would keep them in the Second Division" and persuaded his chairman Jack Dunnet to pay a club record £200,000 for his transfer. Sirrel took Avramović under his personal care, and would later regard him as one of his best players. At the beginning of the Avramović's career at Notts County, there was a social function at which he went around and bought all his new teammates a drink as a friendly gesture. A local reporter saw this and wrote a newspaper article about Avramović…

Avramović earned his only cap with the Yugoslavia national team on 15 November 1978. He played the full match as Yugoslavia defeated Greece 4–1 in the Balkan Cup.

Early years

Avramović moved to Asia in 1991. He was placed in charge of Oman's age group teams from 1993 to 1998. In August 1998, he was appointed as assistant coach to Kuwait, and as coach of their Olympic squad a year later. He guided the Olympic squad through the Asian qualifiers to the 2000 Summer Olympics. Following the departure of Berti Vogts in February 2002, Avramović took over as national coach of Kuwait. He led the senior team to their first West Asian Games title in April, and the under-23 team to the quarter-finals of the 2002 Asian Games in October, which they lost 1–0 to eventual silver medalists Iran. His contract was however terminated when in December when hosts Kuwait failed to reach the semi-finals of the 2002 Arab Nations Cup. From February to July 2003, he coached Omani outfit Muscat Club to the 2002-03 Omani League title.

Singapore

In December 2002, Singapore failed to achieve their target of reaching the 2002 AFF Championship final. The results included a 4–0 loss to traditional rivals Malaysia at the former National Stadium and Singapore exited the competition on an inferior goal difference at the group stage. Coach Jan B. Poulsen was sacked in the aftermath and after a six-month search, Avramović was appointed as coach of Singapore's senior and under-23 teams on a two-and-a-half-year contract in July 2003. The FAS tasked him with the targets of qualifying for the 2004 AFC Asian Cup, as well as reaching the finals of the 2004 AFF…

Avramović met his wife Bratislava in the summer of 1973 and they married two years later. She gave up a career in psychology to follow him to England when he signed for Notts County. They have a son and two grandsons. He suffered lung cancer in 2019 which ended his managerial career. He relocated to his native Serbia for treatment.