Stevan Milovac

Stevan Milovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Стеван Миловац; born 25 February 1962) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.[1]

Stevan Milovac
Personal information
Full name Stevan Milovac
Date of birth (1962-02-25) 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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Football career

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[2]– 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.[3]

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

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.[4]

References
  1. «O Sá Pinto era tão chato que um dia levou uma chapada do Filipovic» maisfutebol.iol.pt
  2. Rio Ave. A oitava maravilha de Portugal (Rio Ave. Portugal's eighth wonder); i, 1 August 2014 (in Portuguese)
  3. Alma de 90 (Soul of 90); Sindicato dos Jogadores, 23 July 2015 (in Portuguese)
  4. Portugalska Crna Gora (Portuguese Black Forest); Blic, 24 November 2010 (in Serbian)
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