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 (age 63)
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 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,^[1] as well as the Yugoslav squad at the 1984 UEFA European Football Championship. For Yugoslavia he played in 6 games.^[2] 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^[3] and took charge at lower league side Lomnica in March 2021.^[4]

Honours

Player

Dinamo Zagreb

• Yugoslav First League: 1981–82
• Yugoslav Cup: 1979–80, 1982–83

Hajduk Split

• Yugoslav Cup: 1986–87

Yugoslavia

• Summer Olympics third place: 1984