Stjepan Deverić

Stjepan Deverić
Personal information
Full name	Stjepan Deverić
Date of birth	20 August 1961 (age 60)
Place of birth	Velika Gorica, FPR Yugoslavia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1979–1984	Dinamo Zagreb
1984–1987	Hajduk Split
1987–1991	Dinamo Zagreb
1991–1993	Sturm Graz
1993–1994	Lebring
National team
1982–1984	Yugoslavia
Teams managed
	Zagorec Krapina
	Segesta
	Marsonia
2003–2004	Zrinjski Mostar
2008	Belasitsa Petrich
Honours
Men's Football
Representing Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Stjepan Deverić (born 20 August 1961) is a Yugoslav and later Croatian retired professional footballer and former football manager.

Club career[]

Deverić began his career with Dinamo Zagreb in the Yugoslav First League in 1979. He stayed at the club until 1984, playing in 345 games and scoring 158 goals before moving to Croatian rival Hajduk Split where he stayed from 1984 until 1987 playing in 114 games and scoring 42 goals. He later returned to Dinamo (1987–90). After Croatian independence, he played abroad in Austria with Sturm Graz (1991–92) and Lebring (1993–94).

International career[]

Internationally, Deverić was part of Yugoslavia's 1982 FIFA World Cup, but did not play. He was also a member of the squad which won bronze at the 1984 Olympics, as well as the Yugoslavian squad at the 1984 UEFA European Football Championship. For Yugoslavia he played in 6 games. Deverić scored 5 goals at the 1984 Summer Olympics and was a joint Top Scorer with Boro Cvetković.

Managerial career[]

Deverić has also managed. He formerly managed Zagorec Krapina, Segesta, Marsonia, Zrinjski Mostar, Belasitsa Petrich and was a youth coach in Hitrec - Kacian (Dinamo Zagreb youth football school).

Honours[]

Player[]

Dinamo Zagreb

Hajduk Split

Yugoslav Cup: 1986–87

Yugoslavia

Summer Olympics third place: 1984

References[]

Stjepan Deverić – FIFA competition record (archived)
Stjepan Deverić at National-Football-Teams.com
Stjepan Deverić at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Serbian national football team website (in Serbian)
Deveric to coach Bulgaria's Belasitsa