Miroslav Stević (

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: Мирослав Стевић; born 7 January 1970) is a Serbian former professional

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who played as a

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. At international level, Stević represented

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at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Stević made his senior debut with

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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

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in the 1992 winter transfer window. After only six months in Switzerland, Stević secured a transfer to German club

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in the summer of 1992. He stayed two seasons there, before switching to

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in the summer of 1994. In the following four and a half years, Stević made over 100

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appearances for the Lions, before transferring to

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional fo ...

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

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and

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, before retiring from the game.

International career

Stević made his debut for

in a 3–0 win over

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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

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at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Post-playing career

In February 2009, Stević was appointed

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at TSV 1860 Munich. Some of his signings included his compatriots

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, 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 *

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 *

: 2001–02

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