Stjepan Deverić

Stjepan Deverić

Personal information
Full name	Stjepan Deverić
Date of birth	(1961-08-20) 20 August 1961
Place of birth	Velika Gorica, FPR Yugoslavia
Height
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	FC Lebring	?	(?)
International career
1982–1984	Yugoslavia	6	(0)
Medal record Men's Football Representing Yugoslavia Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stjepan Deverić (born 20 August 1961) is a former Croatian and Yugoslav footballer.

Career

Deverić began his career with Dinamo Zagreb in the Yugoslav Federal 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 with SK Sturm Graz (1991–92) and FC Lebring.

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 Yugoslavian squad at the 1984 UEFA European Football Championship. For Yugoslavia he played in 6 games.

Stjepan Deverić scored 5 goals at the 1984 Summer Olympics and was a joint Top Scorer with Boro Cvetković.

He has also managed. He formerly managed NK Zagorec, HNK Segesta, NK Marsonia, HŠK Zrinjski Mostar, Belasitsa Petrich and was a Youth Coach in ONS Hitrec - Kacian (Dinamo youth football school).

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb

• Yugoslav First League (1): 1981–82
• Yugoslav Cup (2): 1979–80, 1982–83

Hajduk Split

• Yugoslav Cup (1): 1986–87

References

• Stjepan Deverić – FIFA competition record
• Stjepan Deverić at National-Football-Teams.com
• Annibale Frossi at Sports-Reference.com
• Serbian national football team website (Serbian)
• Deveric to coach Bulgaria's Belasitsa