Stjepan Deverić

Stjepan Deverić (born 20 August 1961) is a Croatian retired professional footballer and former football manager.

Stjepan Deverić
Personal information
Full name Stjepan Deverić
Date of birth (1961-08-20) 20 August 1961
Place of birth Velika Gorica, PR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1984 Dinamo Zagreb 102 (27)
1984–1987 Hajduk Split 68 (28)
1987–1991 Dinamo Zagreb 45 (8)
1991–1993 Sturm Graz 36 (13)
1993–1994 Lebring
International career
1982–1984 Yugoslavia 6 (0)
Managerial career
Zagorec Krapina
Segesta
-2000 Marsonia
2003–2004 Zrinjski Mostar
2008 Belasitsa Petrich
2018-2019 OFK Titograd (assistant)
2021 Lomnica
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Los Angeles Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Deverić began his career with Dinamo Zagreb in the Yugoslav First League in 1979. He stayed at the club until 1984, playing in 345 games and scoring 158 goals before moving to Croatian rival Hajduk Split where he stayed from 1984 until 1987 playing in 114 games and scoring 42 goals. He later returned to Dinamo (1987–90). After Croatian independence, he played abroad in Austria with Sturm Graz (1991–92) and Lebring (1993–94).

International career

Internationally, Deverić was part of Yugoslavia's 1982 FIFA World Cup, but did not play. He was also a member of the squad which won bronze at the 1984 Olympics, as well as the Yugoslav squad at the 1984 UEFA European Football Championship. For Yugoslavia he played in 6 games.[1] Deverić scored 5 goals at the 1984 Summer Olympics and was a joint Top Scorer with Boro Cvetković.

Managerial career

Deverić has also managed. He formerly managed Zagorec Krapina, Segesta, Marsonia, Zrinjski Mostar, Belasitsa Petrich and was a youth coach in Hitrec - Kacian (Dinamo Zagreb youth football school). He also worked as an assistant to manager Igor Pamić at OFK Titograd[2] and took charge at lower league side Lomnica in March 2021.[3]

Honours

Player

Dinamo Zagreb

Hajduk Split

Yugoslavia

References
  1. "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  2. Štef Deverić za Vijesti: "Pojeli" bismo jedan drugog na terenu, onda smo išli na piće - Vijesti.me (in Montenegrin)
  3. Lomnički as tref: Stjepan Deverić vratio se u rodni kraj i preuzeo klupu petoligaša Lomnice - Telesport (in Croatian)
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