Aleksandar "Dika" Stojanović (

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: Александар Стојановић Дика; born 19 June 1954) is a

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n former football goalkeeper. He got 2 caps for

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Career

After playing 5 seasons with his home town club Radnički Kragujevac, he moved, in 1976, to Red Star Belgrade. In the seven years that he played in Belgrade, he won three national championships and one cup. He is also remembered as the goalkeeper that did nothing but applaud after the memorable volley of Diego Maradona, playing in a European Cup match against FC Barcelona. After this successful seasons with Red Star, he decided to move abroad playing in Greece with Egaleo F.C., between 1983 and 1986, and also with Diagoras F.C. in the first half of the 1986-87 season. The rest of that last season he played back in Yugoslavia, this time with the ambitious FK Vojvodina, after helping them win the Yugoslav Second League in 1987, he decided to retire. He played two matches for the

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, both in 1979. After retiring, he begin his career as a goalkeeping coach having, among others, worked with the renowned coach Slavoljub Muslin in Red Star Belgrade, Levski Sofia and Russian FC Lokomotiv Moscow.

Honours

Radnički Kragujevac * Yugoslav Second League: 1973–74 Red Star Belgrade * Yugoslav First League: 1976–77, 1979–80, 1980–81 *

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: 1981–82 *

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: Runner-up 1978–79 Vojvodina * Yugoslav Second League: 1986–87 - West Division

International

Yugoslavia * UEFA Under-21 Championship:

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* Mediterranean Games:

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

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