Dragoslav Stepanović
![]() Stepanović in 2005 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dragoslav Stepanović | ||
Date of birth | 30 August 1948 | ||
Place of birth | Rekovac, PR Serbia, Yugoslavia | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
–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 |
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1. | 14 June 1972 | Estádio Belfort Duarte, Curitiba, Brazil | ![]() |
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[]
- ^ "1992/1993". bayer04.de. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ^ "Dragoslav Stepanović novi trener Čukaričkog | Mondo". Mtsmondo.com. 10 June 2010. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007.
- ^ "Stepi za MONDO: Da, ja sam trener Vojvodine, MTS Mondo, June 6, 2009". Mtsmondo.com. 10 June 2010. Archived from the original on 7 June 2009.
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