Uroš Stamatović (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, th ...

: Урош Стаматовић; born November 9, 1976) is a Serbian retired professional

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and coach. He is the head coach of Serbian White Eagles FC of the

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Career

Playing career

Stamatović began his career in 1992 in the First League of FR Yugoslavia with

FK Borac Čačak Fudbalski klub Borac Čačak (), or simply Borac Čačak, is a professional football club based in Čačak, Serbia. The home ground is Čačak Stadium, which has seating capacity of 8,000. As of 2019–20 season, the club competes in third tier Se ...

. Throughout his time in the top tier, he played with Mladost Lučani,

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, and

Hajduk Kula FK Hajduk Kula (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Хајдук Кула) was a Serbian football club based in Kula. The club was named after a Hajduk, a much celebrated hero figure in the Serbian epic poetry. On 30 July 2013, just eleven days before start ...

. In total, Stamatović played over 200 first-league matches and scored over 30 goals. In 2007, he went abroad to Canada to play with the

Serbian White Eagles Serbian White Eagles Football Club ( sr, Фудбалски клуб Српски бели орлови / ''Fudbalski klub Srpski beli orlovi'') is a Canadian soccer team. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League, an unsanctioned socce ...

in the

. He made his debut on June 17, 2007 against

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. Throughout his time with Serbia he won two International Division titles, and the CSL Championship. He also featured in the 2009 CSL Championship against Trois-Rivières Attak, but the Serbian White Eagles were defeated 3-2 in a penalty shootout. In 2011, he retired from competitive football.

Coaching career

Upon retiring in 2011, Stamatović became the assistant coach of the Serbian White Eagles. In 2012, he was promoted to head coach. He was assistant coach again in 2016 and was promoted to head coach in 2017. After a year-long break, he led the Serbian White Eagles as head coach once again from 2018 to 2021. After a

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with Zoran Rajović in charge, Stamatović once again became head coach in 2022.

Honours

Player

;Serbian White Eagles *

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

International Division:

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

Manager

;Serbian White Eagles *

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

(assistant coach) *

Regular Season:

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stamatovic, Uros 1976 births Living people People from Požega, Serbia Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players Expatriate soccer players in Canada Association football midfielders Serbian expatriate footballers Serbian footballers FK Borac Čačak players FK Hajduk Kula players Serbian SuperLiga players Serbian White Eagles FC players Serbian White Eagles FC managers Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) managers Serbian football managers