Stevan Ostojić (
Serbian Cyrillic
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: Стеван Остојић; 20 August 1941 – 15 May 2022) was a Serbian professional
footballer
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who played as a
striker.
Born just a few months following the
start
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*Takeoff, the phase of flight where an aircraft transitions from moving along the ground to flying through the air
* Starting lineup in sports
*Standing start, and rolling start, in an auto race
Acronyms
*St ...
of
World War II in Yugoslavia
World War II in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia began on 6 April 1941, when the country was swiftly conquered by Axis forces and partitioned between Germany, Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria and their client regimes. Shortly after Germany attacked the US ...
to father Spasoje who worked as a
railroad engineer
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, young Ostojić grew up in
Subotica
Subotica ( sr-cyrl, Суботица, ; hu, Szabadka) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the North Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Formerly the largest city of Vojvodina region, ...
where the family moved during the war.
He began playing football during the mid-1950s when his older brother Ivan who already played with OFK Subotica took him to a training session.
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Honours
Red Star Belgrade
* 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, ...
: 1967–68, 1968–69
* 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, ...
: 1967–68, 1970–71
* Mitropa Cup
The Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale or Central European Cup, was one of the first international major European football cups for club sides. It was conducted among the successor states of the former Austria-Hungar ...
: 1967–68
References
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NASL stats
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1941 births
2022 deaths
People from North Banat District
Yugoslav footballers
Serbian footballers
Association football forwards
Yugoslavia international footballers
Yugoslav First League players
Ligue 2 players
Süper Lig players
North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
FK Radnički Niš players
Red Star Belgrade footballers
AS Monaco FC players
Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers
San Jose Earthquakes (1974–1988) players
Yugoslav football managers
Serbian football managers
Red Star Belgrade non-playing staff
Red Star Belgrade managers
Yugoslav expatriate footballers
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Monaco
Expatriate footballers in Monaco
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Expatriate footballers in Turkey
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate soccer players in the United States