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

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Club career

Stević made his senior debut with Partizan 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 League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...

, before moving abroad to Grasshoppers 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, often known simply as Borussia Dortmund () or by its initialism BVB (), or just Dortmund by International fans, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is ...

in the 1999 winter transfer window. He was a member of the team that won the league's title in

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. 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

Post-playing career

In February 2009, Stević was appointed

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at TSV 1860 Munich. Some of his signings included his compatriots Antonio Rukavina, Nikola Gulan and

Đorđe Rakić Đorđe Rakić ( sr-Cyrl, Ђорђе Ракић, ; born 31 October 1985) is a Serbian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. Career Club career Rakić played for FK Radnički ...

. In April 2011, it was announced that Stević would leave the position on 30 June 2011.

Honours

Partizan *

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup (; ; , ), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup (; , and between 1947 and 1991 as the Marshal Tito Cup (; ; ; ), was one of two major association football, football competitions in Socialist Federal Re ...

: 1988–89 Borussia Dortmund *

: 2001–02

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stevic, Miroslav Yugoslav men's footballers Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers 1998 FIFA World Cup players 2. Bundesliga players Men's association football midfielders Borussia Dortmund players Bundesliga players Dynamo Dresden players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey FK Partizan players FK Rad players Grasshopper Club Zurich players Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Germany Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Serbia and Montenegro men's international footballers SpVgg Unterhaching players Süper Lig players Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers TSV 1860 Munich players VfL Bochum players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslavia men's under-21 international footballers 1970 births Living people Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers People from Ljubovija Sportspeople from Mačva District NK Jedinstvo Bihać players