Stjepan Deverić

Personal information

Full name

Stjepan Deverić

Date of birth

20 August 1961 (age 55)

Place of birth

Velika Gorica, FPR Yugoslavia

Height

1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Playing position

Striker

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

1979–1984

Dinamo Zagreb

102

(27)

1984–1987

Hajduk Split

(28)

1987–1991

Dinamo Zagreb

(8)

1991–1993

Sturm Graz

(13)

1993–1994

FC Lebring

(?)

National team

1982–1984

Yugoslavia

(0)

Honours

Men's Football
Representing Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
	1984 Los Angeles	Team

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

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

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).

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