Miodrag Stefanović (footballer, born 1923)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miodrag Stefanović Nikolić | ||
| Date of birth | 21 October 1923 | ||
| Place of birth | Kragujevac, Kingdom of SCS | ||
| Date of death | 1 November 1991 (aged 68) | ||
| Place of death | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| BASK | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1937–1941 | BASK | ||
| 1943–1944 | Straßburg | ||
| 1945–1950 | San Ferdinando | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| San Ferdinando | |||
| Padova | |||
| Capua | |||
| 1954–1957 | Palestino | ||
| 1959 | San Luis | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Miodrag Stefanović Nikolić (21 October 1923 – 1 November 1991) was a Yugoslav football player and manager.
Club career
As a youth player, Stefanović played as a goalkeeper. He turned into a forward and started his career with BASK at the age of 14 until 1940. In the context of the Nazi occupation of Serbia, he moved to France in 1943 and spent two years with Straßburg. He ended his career with Italian club San Ferdinando, aged 27.[1]
Managerial career
Following his retirement, Stefanović coached the Italian clubs San Ferdinando, Padova and Capua.[1]
Stefanović came to Chile in November 1954 and was appointed the manager of Palestino in the Primera División, winning the 1955 league title.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
After Palestino, Stefanović ended his career with San Luis de Quillota in 1959.[1][9]
Confusion about his name
In Chile, the manager of Palestino between 1955 and 1957 is frequently and wrongly named "Milan Stefanovic"[7] or "Boris Stefanovic".[6] In fact, Milan Stefanović Aleksić was also a Yugoslav who fought in the World War II,[10] came to Chile in 1950 and served as a translator for Miodrag and the Palestino players. Both Milan and Miodrag worked at Textil Yarur, a clothing factory owned by Amador Yarur, then the President of Palestino.[1][2]
Personal life
Stefanović died from lung cancer on 1 November 1991.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Medina Lahsen, Carlos (13 December 2020). "El misterioso señor Stefanovic". ASIFUCH (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Desde Platko a Jozic: los campeones que huyeron de la guerra". El Mercurio (in Spanish). 27 October 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ Chomsky (2 January 2017). "Los recuerdos del Negro Mohor" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
El entrenador era el yugoslavo Miodrag Stefanovic. Palestino dio la vuelta olímpica en 1955
- ^ "Los DTs europeos que dirigieron en Chile". Diario AS (in Spanish). 1 November 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ @palestino; (21 October 2024). "🔙 Un día como hoy, pero en 1923, nació Miodrag Stefanovic, DT campeón con Palestino 1955" (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2025 – via Instagram.
- ^ a b "Los escasos técnicos europeos campeones en el fútbol chileno". Diario AS (in Spanish). 3 December 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ a b Marambio Torres, Luis (June 2010). "4. Humillaron a Livingstone y perdieron al "Peta" y al "Yemo"". VALPARAÍSO Y WANDERERS: COSMOPOLITAS Y PIONEROS (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: University of Chile. pp. 79–80. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ Salviat, Julio (20 August 2020). "El equipo que deslumbró en mi niñez". Diario El Ágora (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ "San Luis 1959" (in Spanish). Clásicos del Fútbol. 8 February 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ "Coquimbo cuna de buzos". Club Naval de Deportes Náuticos (in Spanish). 12 August 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
Milan Stefanovic Aleksic (izq padre) ... y su padre en la Segunda Guerra Mundial en la ex Yugoslavia, como oficial de torpedos en el arma submarina.