Miroslav Stević (
Serbian Cyrillic
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: Мирослав Стевић; born 7 January 1970) is a Serbian former professional
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
At international level, Stević represented
FR Yugoslavia
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at the
1998 FIFA World Cup.
Club career
Stević made his senior debut with
Partizan Partizan may refer to:
Sport
* JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs:
**AK Partizan, athletics
** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling
** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo
**FK Partizan, association fo ...
in the
1988–89 season. He then spent two and a half years at
Rad, playing regularly in the
Yugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...
, before moving abroad to
Grasshoppers
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Grasshop ...
in the 1992 winter transfer window. After only six months in Switzerland, Stević secured a transfer to German club
Dynamo Dresden
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in the summer of 1992. He stayed two seasons there, before switching to
TSV 1860 Munich
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in the summer of 1994. In the following four and a half years, Stević made over 100
Bundesliga
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appearances for the Lions, before transferring to
Borussia Dortmund
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in the 1999 winter transfer window. He was a member of the team that won the league's title in
2002.
In the summer of 2002, Stević moved to Turkey and signed with
Fenerbahçe. He only stayed one season in the country, before returning to Germany. Stević went on to play for
VfL Bochum
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and
SpVgg Unterhaching
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, before retiring from the game.
International career
Stević made his debut for
FR Yugoslavia
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in a 3–0 win over
Tunisia
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on 28 January 1998. He earned a total of six caps for the national team, including a 2–2 draw against
Germany
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at the
1998 FIFA World Cup.
Post-playing career
In February 2009, Stević was appointed
director of football
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at TSV 1860 Munich. Some of his signings included his compatriots
Antonio Rukavina
Antonio Rukavina (, ; born 26 January 1984) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
Club career
Rukavina started out at his local club Bežanija, making his senior debuts in the 2002–03 season, as they won prom ...
,
Nikola Gulan and
Đorđe Rakić
Đorđe Rakić ( sr-Cyrl, Ђорђе Ракић, ; born 31 October 1985) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Career Club career
Rakić played for Radnički Kragujevac from 1992 until January 2006, then for OFK ...
. In April 2011, it was announced that Stević would leave the position on 30 June 2011.
Honours
Partizan
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Yugoslav Cup
The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...
:
1988–89
Borussia Dortmund
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Bundesliga
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:
2001–02
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Yugoslav footballers
Serbia and Montenegro footballers
1998 FIFA World Cup players
2. Bundesliga players
Association football midfielders
Borussia Dortmund players
Bundesliga players
Dynamo Dresden players
Expatriate footballers in Germany
Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
Expatriate footballers in Turkey
FK Partizan players
FK Rad players
Grasshopper Club Zürich players
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate footballers
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Serbia and Montenegro international footballers
SpVgg Unterhaching players
Süper Lig players
Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers
TSV 1860 Munich players
VfL Bochum players
Yugoslav First League players
Yugoslavia under-21 international footballers
1970 births
Living people