Stevan Ostojić (

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: Стеван Остојић; 20 August 1941 – 15 May 2022) was a Serbian professional

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who played as a striker. Born just a few months following the

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to father Spasoje who worked as a

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, young Ostojić grew up in

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where the family moved during the war. He began playing football during the mid-1950s when his older brother Ivan who already played with OFK Subotica took him to a training session.

International career

On the national level, Ostojić earned two caps and made his debut for

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in an April 1964

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against

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. His other international match came over seven years later, when he replaced

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at half time in a friendly against

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Honours

Red Star Belgrade *

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) ...

: 1967–68, 1968–69 *

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 ...

: 1967–68, 1970–71 *

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: 1967–68

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ostojic, Stevan 1941 births 2022 deaths Footballers from Subotica Footballers from North Banat District Men's association football forwards Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers FK Radnički Niš players Red Star Belgrade footballers AS Monaco FC players Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers San Jose Earthquakes (1974–1988) players Yugoslav First League players Ligue 2 players Süper Lig players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Monaco Expatriate men's footballers in Monaco Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Yugoslav football managers Serbia and Montenegro football managers Red Star Belgrade managers Trikala F.C. managers Serbia and Montenegro expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Greece Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Greece Red Star Belgrade non-playing staff