Dragoslav Stepanović

Dragoslav Stepanović

Stepanović in 2005
Personal information
Full name	Dragoslav Stepanović
Date of birth	(1948-08-30) 30 August 1948 (age 73)
Place of birth	Rekovac, PR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
0000–1962	FK Mladi Proleter
1962–1966	OFK Belgrade
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1966–1973	OFK Belgrade	201	(11)
1973–1976	Red Star Belgrade	30	(2)
1976–1978	Eintracht Frankfurt	49	(3)
1978–1979	Wormatia Worms	33	(0)
1979–1981	Manchester City	15	(0)
1981–1982	Wormatia Worms	16	(0)
Total		344	(16)
National team
1970–1976	Yugoslavia	34	(1)
Teams managed
1982–1985
1985–1987	FSV Frankfurt
1988–1990	Rot-Weiß Frankfurt
1991	Eintracht Trier
1991–1993	Eintracht Frankfurt
1993–1995	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1995–1996	Athletic Bilbao
1996	Eintracht Frankfurt
1998	AEK Athens
1999	VfB Leipzig
2000	Stuttgarter Kickers
2000	Kickers Offenbach
2001	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
2003	Shenyang Jinde
2004	El Zamalek
2007–2008	Čukarički
2009	Vojvodina
2010	Laktaši
2014	Radnički Niš
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Dragoslav Stepanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгослав Степановић, pronounced [drâɡoslaʋ stepǎːnoʋitɕ]; born 30 August 1948) is a retired Serbian footballer and current coach.

Career[]

He made his name with OFK Beograd where he was a defensive right back fixture for 11 years between 1962 and 1973, before moving on to Red Star Belgrade for 3 seasons until 1976. Due to the transfer age restrictions in SFR Yugoslavia he had to wait until 28 years of age to move abroad.

Stepanović's first stop abroad was German Bundesliga with Eintracht Frankfurt where he became affectionately known as Steppi. He played in Frankfurt for two seasons (1976–1978). Next came a 1-season stint with Wormatia Worms.

In July 1979 he joined English club Manchester City F.C. for £140,000, and spent 2 seasons there.

He finished out his career back in Germany with Wormatia Worms in 1981–82 season.

International career[]

Stepanović is a former Yugoslav international, and used to be a favourite of national team head coach Vujadin Boškov.

International goals[]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	14 June 1972	Estádio Belfort Duarte, Curitiba, Brazil	Venezuela	7–0	10–0	Friendly

Coaching career[]

Stepanović went on to become a successful football coach in Germany. He made a managerial name for himself in Germany with Eintracht Frankfurt before taking over at Bayer Leverkusen, replacing Reinhard Saftig shortly before they won the 1993 DFB-Pokal Final.^[1] He was then signed to coach Athletic Bilbao in July 1995. He did not survive until the end of the season, however, getting replaced in mid-March 1996.

He was idolized in the US and finally came to Columbus, Ohio, in 2002 to coach the youth soccer club Blast FC. He has since returned to Germany, where he for a brief spell was team manager at TuS Koblenz.

In December 2006, Stepanović was a short-list candidate for the Bosnia-Herzegovina national team coaching spot, but the job went to Fuad Muzurović instead.

On 24 August 2007, Stepanović was named the head coach of the Serbian Superliga club FK Čukarički. His appointment came two weeks into the 2007–08 season during which Čukarički already played the Serbian powerhouses Red Star Belgrade and Partizan, managing a draw and a loss respectively,^[2] On 8 December 2008 he was fired by Čukarički.

During the summer 2009 off season on 8 June 2009, he was named FK Vojvodina head coach for the upcoming 2009–10 season^[3] but he was released on 2 October 2009.

References[]

External links[]

• Reprezentacija.rs profile
• Dragoslav Stepanović at eintracht-archiv.de (in German)