The most trophy-winning club from the north of the country, Rudar from Pljeval, managed to secure the status of the first league through the barrage, so it will be part of the domestic elite in the next season as well. As, after all, in each of the acquisition of state independence.
However, the problems that accompany the club and that resulted in playing in the playoffs, have not disappeared. There are a lot of departures from the team, but the actors from the former glory days of the "miners" do not give up the fight to keep the club alive.
Miloš Radanović, a longtime goalkeeper, was appointed president, Muhamed Gerina covers the positions of advisor and secretary, and the profession was entrusted to Nedeljko - Neđo Vlahović.
He played the largest number of games in the Rudar jersey, during a career in which he also played for Kom, Budućnost, OFK Titograd and Surdulica.
- It is true that my appointment as the head of the profession in the first division may seem too quick, but I could not refuse Miloš Radanović's invitation and we got down to hard work. The club was left without nine first-team players, only Bakrač and Kartal remained. However, we managed to bring back to the club several people from Pljevlja who played on the sideline, and we are actively working on completing the team. It is important that we maintain the connection in the table until January, and then we can count on money from the city budget, traditional sponsors. That's why the preparation and the half-season of a big challenge are ahead of us - explained Vlahović, who ended his playing career just two years ago.
Although young, Vlahović already has enviable coaching successes. After an internship with Dejan Rabrenović and Radisav Dragićević, in his first independent job, he surprisingly won the championship with the Koma youth team, and last season he was runner-up in the Second League with the seniors of the club from Zlatica.
- Only 20 bad minutes of the rematch of the barrage with Rudar cost Kome a place in the Meridianbet First Football League. We missed a lot of chances to leave Zlatica in Pljevlja with a three goal difference. Instead, we played 1:1, and in the second leg we entered badly and lost 2:1. This was indicated as a success in Koma, because the goal was survival. However, good players emerged from that youth and second division team, so I have already joined winger Lazar Knežević and rear midfielder Andrija Bulatović to Rudar. He turned 16 in February and has the right to perform. We want Rudar to be a combination of youth and experience, and now we have to complete the team and prepare for the football season - concluded Vlahović.
He played 119 games for Rudar, scoring 19 goals with six assists. In the European Cups, he has 16 appearances and two goals, both in the Champions League qualifiers. He also wore the jersey of the national team in the match with Slovenia in 2007.
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