Vlada Stošić (; born 31 January 1965) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a

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. He is best known for his spell with

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

in the 1980s and 1990s, being part of the side's European Cup victory in 1991.

Club career

Stošić was born in Vranje,

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. During his early career he represented

, who also loaned him to FK Rad, FK Radnicki Nis and a club in Australia. In Red Star's 1990–91 victorious campaign in the European Cup, he played the last minutes of the final match, which went into

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as the team emerged victorious over

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after a penalty shootout. Stošić played in the last edition of the Yugoslavian League before he left for Spain in January 1992, where he proceeded to be an undisputed starter for both

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and Real Betis, although he was relegated in his debut season with the former. After failing to feature in the first half of 1996–97 with the latter, he moved to Mexico with Atlante FC, where he teamed up with former Red Star teammate Miodrag Belodedici; he closed out his career the ensuing summer at the age of 33, with Portugal's Vitória de Setúbal. Stošić returned to Betis in 2010, working with the

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ns as director of football. He was relieved of his duties on 22 December 2013, shortly after manager Pepe Mel, due to poor results.El Betis destituye a Stosic (Betis fire Stosic)
Marca, 22 December 2013 (in Spanish)

International career

On 12 September 1990, Stošić earned his sole cap for

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, in

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against

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: it consisted of one minute, as he came on as a substitute for Dragan Stojković in a 2–0 win for the UEFA Euro 1992 qualifiers, with the nation winning its group but not being allowed to participate.

References

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