Slađan Šćepović (

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: Слађан Шћеповић; born 5 December 1965) is a

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n former

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manager and player.

Career

Born in

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within

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, he played most of his career with

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; ), often referred to in English as Partizan Belgrade, is a Serbian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Belgrade. It forms ...

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) ...

between 1984 and 1992, with an exception of a short spell with FK Bor while still in his beginning of career. Within the club he soon became an important player despite the concurrence for the striker position, and the Yugoslav league in those days was considered to be one of the most competitive ones. He won one championship, two cups and one Supercup. He is specially remembered among Partizan fans for scoring the decisive goal in a tied match with

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that ended 6-6 on aggregate, with goals away advantage for Partizan, and made them advance into the 1/8 finals of the 1989 UEFA Cup Winners Cup. In 1992, he moved to Cyprus where he played with then highly motivated

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC (, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Division and has won the championship tit ...

for four seasons in the

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becoming immediately in his first season a league top scorer. Beside winning one championship and being league's top scorer, he also lost two

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finals, in 1993 and 1995. In 1996, he moved to Spain and signed with

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having played with the club in their historical season when they were promoted for first time in history to the Spanish

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by winning the

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, Spanish second league. However he left that summer and retired from active playing. He played most of his career as forward or striker. In July 2013 the Spanish

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news agency wrongly stated that Slađan was a

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, being rectified in Stefan Šćepović's website. After retiring he has worked as coach of youth squads of

Honours

Partizan *

: 1986–87 *

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, 1991–92 * Yugoslav Super Cup: 1989 Apollon Limassol *

: 1993–94 Mérida *

: 1996–97 Individual *

top scorer: 1992–93 (25 goals)

Personal life

Šćepović has two sons all of them footballers. His son, Marko followed the tradition of his father becoming a Partizan player and has played with them in the

2010–11 UEFA Champions League The 2010–11 UEFA Champions League was the 56th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 19th under the UEFA Champions League format. The final was held at Wembley Stadium in London on 28 May 2011, where Ba ...

.Šćepovići crno-bela dinastija
an interview for MONDO.rs. His other son, a year older than Marko, Stefan has already been playing for the Serbian under-21 team and has played already in the

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League (), also known as Mozzart SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Serbia and the highest level of the Serbian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a sys ...

with OFK Belgrade, in Italy and in Belgium. Curiously, all father and sons are forwards.

References

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Slađan Šćepović
at Partizanopedia 1965 births Living people Footballers from Priboj Men's association football forwards Yugoslav men's footballers Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers FK Partizan players FK Bor players Apollon Limassol FC players CP Mérida footballers Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav Second League players Cypriot First Division players Segunda División players Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Spain Serbian football managers FK Partizan non-playing staff {{Serbia-footy-forward-stub