Petar Raković

Petar Raković (Serbian Cyrillic: Пeтap Paкoвић ;born 17 February 1984 in Kragujevac) is a retired Serbian footballer. Petar Rakovic played alongside Dusan Basta, Bosko Jankovic, Dejan Milovanovic, Dragan Mrdja and Nemanja Obric in the class of 1984 in one of the best classes in the history of the Red Star Belgrade youth system. In 2003, he was loaned to Fk Radnicki Kragujevac where he started every game in the season.

College career

Alongside MLS goalkeeper Milos Kocic, Petar Rakovic signed a national letter of intent to St. John's University, New York City, United States, in May 2005. He was a member of the 2006 St.John's University men's soccer team that went on a 20 days trip to Vietnam becoming the first intercollegiate team to visit the Vietnamese soil after the war. In a game against Vietnamese Premier League team FC Mitsustar Petar scored a nice goal from 30 yards to tie the match 2-2. In 2006 he won the championship ring of the Big East Conference. In the winter of 2007 Petar transferred to Stony Brook University, Long Island, New York. In the first season at the Seawolves, he became the captain of the team. He scored 2 goals in the 2007 season and lead the team in assists - 6.

Professional career

He made his debut for Mjøndalen in Norway Adeccoligaen in the game against Tromsdalen on the 8th of September 2009. Raković played for Red Star Belgrade as a youth player. He has previously played for FK Obilić and KFK Radnički Kragujevac in Serbia and St. John's University and Stony Brook University (US College soccer) in the USA, as well as for the FK Rad.