- Dragoslav Stepanović
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Dragoslav Stepanović Personal information Date of birth August 30, 1948 Place of birth Rekovac, FPR Yugoslavia Playing position Manager Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1962–1973 OFK Belgrade 167 (10) 1973–1976 Red Star Belgrade 40 (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) National team 1970–1976 Yugoslavia 34 (1) Teams managed 1982–1985 FV Progres Frankfurt 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 FK Vojvodina * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Dragoslav Stepanović (born August 30, 1948 in Rekovac, Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a retired Serbian footballer and current coach.
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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
Stepanovic is a former Yugoslav international, and used to be a favourite of national team head coach Vujadin Boskov.
Coaching career
Stepanović went on to become a successful football coach in Germany. After making a managerial name for himself in Germany with Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer Leverkusen he was signed to coach Athletic Bilbao in July 1995.[1] 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 August 24, 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 and Partizan, managing a draw and a loss respectively[1], on 8 December 2008 was fired by Čukarički.
During summer 2009 off season on June 8, 2009, he was named FK Vojvodina head coach for the upcoming 2009–10 season[2] and was released on 2 October 2009.[3]
References
External links
- transfermarkt.de
- reprezentacija.rs
- Došao sam da vratim dug Srbiji, Blic, September 9, 2007
- (German) Dragoslav Stepanović at eintracht-archiv.de
Bayer 04 Leverkusen – managers Polster (1950) · Schwab (1950–51) · Strehle (1951–53) · Kretschmann (1953–56) · Melcher (1956–57) · Conen (1957–59) · Kirchberg (1959–60) · Garske (1960–62) · Pliska (1962–65) · Kirchberg (1965–71) · Bisanz (1971–73) · Renno (1973–74) · Rummel (1974–76) · Momirski (1976) · Kremer (1976–81) · Kentschke (1981–82) · Cramer (1982–85) · Ribbeck (1985–88) · Michels (1988–89) · Gelsdorf (1989–91) · Hermann (1991) · Saftig (1991–93) · Stepanović (1993–95) · Ribbeck (1995–96) · Hermann (1996) · Daum (1996–2000) · Völler (2000) · Vogts (2000–01) · Toppmöller (2001–03) · Hörster (2003) · Augenthaler (2003–05) · Völler (2005) · Skibbe (2005–08) · Labbadia (2008–09) · Heynckes (2009–11) · Dutt (2011–)
Athletic Bilbao – managers Sherpherd (1910–11) · Barnes (1914–16) · Barnes (1920–21) · Burton (1921) · Arzuaga (1922) · Pentland (1922–25) · Kirby (1925–26) · Hertzka (1926–28) · Royo (1928–29) · Pentland (1929–33) · Caicedo (1933–35) · Olabarria (1935) · Garbutt (1935–37) · Birichinaga (1938–39) · Etxebarria (1939–40) · Urquizu (1940–47) · Bagge (1947–49) · Iraragorri (1949–52) · Barrios (1952–54) · Daučík (1954–57) · Albéniz (1957–58) · Francisco (1958–60) · Ipiña (1961–62) · Zubieta (1962–63) · Otxoantezana (1963–64) · Barrios (1964–65) · Gaínza (1965–68) · Iriondo (1968–69) · Allen (1969–71) · Artigas (1971–72) · Pavić (1972–74) · Iriondo (1974–76) · Agirre (1976–79) · Senekowitsch (1979–80) · Sáez (1980–81) · Clemente (1981–86) · Sáez (1986) · Iribar (1986–87) · Kendall (1987–89) · Rojo (1989–90) · Clemente (1990–91) · Sáez (1991–92) · Aranguren (1992) · Heynckes (1992–94) · Irureta (1994–95) · Amorrortu (1995) · Stepanović (1995–96) · Amorrortu (1996) · Fernández (1996–00) · Rojo (2000–01) · Heynckes (2001–03) · Valverde (2003–05) · Mendilibar (2005) · Clemente (2005–06) · Sarriugarte (2006) · Esnal (2006–07) · Caparrós (2007–11) · Bielsa (2011–)
Zamalek SC – managers Vasović (1982–83) · M. Abouregaila (1983–85) · Ninković (1985–86) · Parker (1986–87) · E. Baheeg (1987–88) · Zaki Othman (1988–89) · Carlos (1989–90) · M. Abouregaila (1990–91) · Mackay (1991–93) · El-Gohary (1993–94) · Riedl (1994–95) · Olk (1995–97) · Krol (1997–99) · M. Abouregaila (1999–2000) · Pfister (2000–02) · Cabralzinho (2002–03) · Vingada (2003–04) · Stepanović (2004–05) · Cabralzinho (2004–05) · Bücker (2005–06) · Gaafar (2005–06) · Michel (2006–07) · Krol (2007–08) · Hollmann (2008–09) · Rifaat (2008) · Decastel (2009) · Michel (2009) · Hassan (2009–11) · Shehata (2011–)
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