{"id":13917,"date":"2020-04-07T08:11:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T12:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13917"},"modified":"2020-04-07T08:11:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T12:11:30","slug":"former-atletico-madrid-boss-radomir-antic-dies-aged-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13917","title":{"rendered":"Former Atl\u00e9tico Madrid Boss Radomir Antic Dies, Aged 71"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/antic.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/antic.png 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/antic-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Former Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atl\u00e9tico Madrid boss Radomir Antic has died at the age of 71.<\/p>\n<p>He enjoyed most of his success at the latter, guiding Atl\u00e9ti to the LaLiga and Copa del Rey double during the 1995-96 season.<\/p>\n<p>Antic had three separate spells in charge at Los Rojiblancos and become only one of two people to coach El Clasico rivals Real and Barca during their career \u2013 after Enrique Fernandez Viola.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from Atl\u00e9tico\u2019s official Twitter account read: \u201cThe Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid family is mourning the passing of Radomir Antic, one of our legendary coaches. You will forever live in our hearts. Rest in peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Antic, who had one cap for Yugoslavia, spent the final four years of his playing career at Luton before moving into coaching, which was mainly in Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Luton tweeted: \u201cWe are devastated to learn of the passing of Town legend Radomir Antic, at the age of 71. A true Hatters hero, for promotion and preventing relegation. The thoughts of all at Kenilworth Road are with his family and friends at this terribly sad time. Rest in peace, Raddy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He started his managerial career at Real Zaragoza and also has two spells as Real Oviedo boss and a short stint at Celta Vigo.<\/p>\n<p>Antic was in charge of the Serbia national team between 2008 and 2010 before finishing his career in China.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-13917\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13917&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-13917\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13917&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-13917\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13917&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13917\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atl\u00e9tico Madrid boss Radomir Antic has died at the age of 71. 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