Stevan Milovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Стеван Миловац; born 25 February 1962) is a Serbian-Portuguese[1] retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stevan Milovac | ||
| Date of birth | 25 February 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Novi Sad, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1986 | Novi Sad | 95 | (9) |
| 1986–1989 | Vojvodina | 84 | (3) |
| 1990–1997 | Salgueiros | 199 | (13) |
| Total | 378 | (25) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
His daughter Tamara Milovac is a Portuguese-Serbian basketball player.[3]
Football career edit
Milovac was born in Novi Sad, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. In his country he represented FK Novi Sad (second division) and FK Vojvodina, helping the latter win the Yugoslav First League in the 1988–89 season.
In January 1990, aged 28, Milovac was allowed to leave the country and signed for S.C. Salgueiros in Portugal, helping to promotion to the Primeira Liga in his first season. In the following campaign the Paranhos side overachieved for a final fifth place, with the subsequent qualification to the UEFA Cup – a first-ever[4]– with the player scoring three goals in 36 games; in five of his seven-and-a-half years with the club, he shared teams with countrymen Čedomir Đoinčević and Jovica Nikolić.[5]
After 1996–97, with Salgueiros nearly qualifying for Europe after finishing in sixth position, 35-year-old Milovac retired from football, having appeared in nearly 250 official matches for Salgueiros.
Personal life edit
Milovac married Andja, with the couple having one son, Stefan. After ending his football career he settled in Portugal, owning and running a restaurant in Faro.[6]
References edit
- ^ "«O Sá Pinto era tão chato que um dia levou uma chapada do Filipovic»". Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ^ «O Sá Pinto era tão chato que um dia levou uma chapada do Filipovic» maisfutebol.iol.pt
- ^ "CAB contrata Tamara Milovac". FPB. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ^ Rio Ave. A oitava maravilha de Portugal (Rio Ave. Portugal's eighth wonder); i, 1 August 2014 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Alma de 90 (Soul of 90); Sindicato dos Jogadores, 23 July 2015 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Portugalska Crna Gora (Portuguese Black Forest); Blic, 24 November 2010 (in Serbian)
External links edit
- Stevan Milovac at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Stevan Milovac at FootballDatabase.eu
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