 Stepanović in 2005 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dragoslav Stepanović | ||
| Date of birth | (1948-08-30)30 August 1948 (age 77) | ||
| Place of birth | Rekovac,PR Serbia,Yugoslavia | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Mladi Proleter | |||
| 1962–1966 | OFK Belgrade | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1973 | OFK Belgrade | 201 | (11) |
| 1973–1976 | Red Star Belgrade | 30 | (2) |
| 1976–1978 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 49 | (3) |
| 1978–1979 | Wormatia Worms | 33 | (0) |
| 1979–1981 | Manchester City | 15 | (0) |
| 1981–1982 | Wormatia Worms | 16 | (0) |
| Total | 344 | (16) | |
| International career | |||
| 1970–1976 | Yugoslavia | 34 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1982–1985 | FV Progres Frankfurt | ||
| 1985–1987 | FSV Frankfurt | ||
| 1988–1990 | Rot-Weiß Frankfurt | ||
| 1991 | Eintracht Trier | ||
| 1991–1993 | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
| 1993–1995 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| 1995–1996 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| 1996 | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
| 1998 | AEK Athens | ||
| 1999 | VfB Leipzig | ||
| 2000 | Stuttgarter Kickers | ||
| 2000 | Kickers Offenbach | ||
| 2001 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | ||
| 2003 | Shenyang Jinde | ||
| 2004 | Zamalek | ||
| 2007–2008 | Čukarički | ||
| 2009 | Vojvodina | ||
| 2010 | Laktaši | ||
| 2014 | Radnički Niš | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Dragoslav Stepanović (Serbian Cyrillic:Драгослав Степановић,pronounced[drâɡoslaʋstepǎːnoʋitɕ]; born 30 August 1948) is a Serbian retiredfootball player and coach.
Stepanović made his name withOFK Beograd where he was aright back fixture for 11 years between 1962 and 1973, before moving on toRed Star Belgrade for three seasons until 1976. Due to the transfer age restrictions inSFR Yugoslavia he had to wait until 28 years of age to move abroad.
Stepanović's first stop abroad wasBundesliga withEintracht Frankfurt where he became affectionately known asSteppi. He played in Frankfurt for two seasons (1976–1978). Next came a one-season stint withWormatia Worms.
In July 1979 he joined English clubManchester City F.C. for £140,000, and spent two seasons there.
He finished out his career back in Germany with Wormatia Worms in 1981–82 season.
Stepanović is a former Yugoslav international, and used to be a favourite of national team head coachVujadin Boškov. He earned a total of 34 caps, scoring 1 goal,[1] and his final international was a February 1976friendly match away againstAlgeria.[2]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 June 1972 | Estádio Belfort Duarte,Curitiba, Brazil |  Venezuela | 7–0 | 10–0 | Friendly |
Stepanović went on to become a successful football coach in Germany. He made a managerial name for himself in Germany withEintracht Frankfurt before taking over atBayer Leverkusen, replacingReinhard Saftig shortly before they won the1993 DFB-Pokal Final.[3] He was then signed to coachAthletic Bilbao in July 1995. He did not last until the end ofthe season, however, getting replaced in mid-March 1996.
He was idolized in the US and finally came to Columbus, Ohio, in 2002 to coach the youth soccer club Blast FC. He has since returned to Germany, where he for a brief spell was team manager atTuS Koblenz.
In December 2006, Stepanović was a short-list candidate for the Bosnia-Herzegovina national team coaching spot, but the job went toFuad Muzurović instead.
On 24 August 2007, Stepanović was named the head coach ofSerbian SuperLiga clubČukarički. His appointment came two weeks into the2007–08 season during which Čukarički already played the Serbian powerhouses Red Star Belgrade andPartizan, managing a draw and a loss respectively,[4] On 8 December 2008, he was fired by Čukarički. During the summer 2009 off season on 8 June 2009, he was named FK Vojvodina head coach for the upcoming 2009–10 season[5] but he was released on 2 October 2009.
