Preki

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Preki Personal information Full name Predrag Radosavljević Date of birth June 24, 1963(1963-06-24) (age 44) Place of birth Belgrade, SFR YugoslaviaPlaying position Left wingerClub 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
001 0(0)

046 0(4)
040 0(5)

145 (50)
024 0(8)
073 (21) National team2 1996-1998 USA028 0(4) Teams managed 2007- Chivas USA

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of June 24 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

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.

1 Early career
2 MLS
3 National team
4 Coaching
5 References
6 External links

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.

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.

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.

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]