Pavao Rajzner

Pavao "Pava" Rajzner (19 June 1942 – 5 March 2015) was a Croatian football player and manager.

Career Born in Vukovar, now in Croatia but back then in 1942, at time of Second World War, the city was within the Nazi-puppet state of Independent State of Croatia, Rajzner started playing in 1957 at local side NK Borovo He usually played as either midfielder or defender. In 1961, he moved to Serbian side FK Bor where he will play for the rest of his career until Autumn 1973 when he retired from active playing. His farewell match was played on 19 October 1973, in an exhibition-game against Brazilian side ABC from Rio Grande. After retiring he stayed in the club becoming the manager of FK Bor youth sections. Later, he also became member of the direction board of the club. In 1988, he took charge of FK Rudar Bor where he stayed until 2000.

In 1965, he was condecorated as the sportsman of the year by the Bor municipality and he was on several occasions as the coach of the year or the honorary citizen of Bor. He died in Serbian capital, Belgrade, on 5 March 2015.