- Srboljub Stamenković
Srboljub Stamenković (Serbian
Cyrillic Србољуб Стаменковић) (bornJanuary 31 ,1956 inTitovo Užice ,Serbia , FPR Yugoslavia - diedJanuary 28 ,1996 inUžice ,Serbia , FR Yugoslavia) known professionally in theUnited States as Stan Stamenkovic was a Yugoslav football player. The most notable part of his career was spent in the United States playingindoor soccer for the Major Indoor Soccer League in Memphis andBaltimore .Born in the town of
Užice (then called Titovo Užice) inSerbia he started playing forRed Star Belgrade in 1975 and stayed until 1981, when he was transferred to theMemphis Americans . He played there for two seasons before going to theBaltimore Blast and stayed there until 1988, after helping the team win an MISL championship in 1984. He returned to Yugoslavia afterward to start his own business, a pizza parlor. He tried a comeback with the CISL'sSan Jose Grizzlies in 1994 but nagging injuries, which had prompted his earlier retirement, stopped this after 8 matches.Stamenkovic died after injuring his head in a fall on a sidewalk in Užice, just days before his fortieth birthday.
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