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Mirko Stojanović

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Mirko Stojanović
Personal information
Date of birth (1939-06-11) 11 June 1939 (age 85)
Place of birth Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Lovćen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1961 Dinamo Zagreb 21 (0)
1962–1966 Red Star Belgrade 65 (0)
1967–1968 Oakland Clippers 59 (0)
1971 Dallas Tornado 16 (0)
1972–1973 Olimpija Ljubljana 8 (0)
1974–1975 San Jose Earthquakes 6 (0)
1975 San Jose Earthquakes (indoor)
International career
1961–1964 Yugoslavia 4 (0)
Managerial career
1978 Oakland Stompers[1]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mirko Stojanović (born 11 June 1939 in Zagreb) is a Croatian retired footballer. In his career, he made four international appearances for the Yugoslavia national team.

Playing career

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Club

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While playing for NK Dinamo Zagreb he won the 1959–60 Yugoslav Cup. In 1963–64 while at Red Star Belgrade he won both the Yugoslav First League title and his second Yugoslav Cup. After moving to the United States he won the titles with Oakland in 1967,[2] Dallas in 1971[3] and an indoor title with San Jose in 1975.[4]


International

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Stojanović made his debut for Yugoslavia in a November 1961 friendly match away against Japan, coming on as a 46th-minute substitute for Milutin Šoškić, and earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals. He was an unused substitute for Yugoslavia at the 1962 FIFA World Cup, in which they placed fourth. His final international was a May 1964 friendly away against Czechoslovakia.[5]

Managerial career

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He was the original coach of the Oakland Stompers before being fired after only eight games and a record of four wins and four losses. He stayed on as the team's director of player personnel[6][7][8]

Honors

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NK Dinamo Zagreb

Red Star Belgrade

Oakland Clippers

Dallas Tornado

San Jose Earthquakes

References

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  1. ^ "NASL Coaches Registry". Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Image". nasljerseys.com. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Image". nasljerseys.com. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Image". nasljerseys.com. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Gettysburg Times - Google News Archive Search".
  7. ^ "Mirko Stojanovic soccer coaching records on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  8. ^ "St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search".
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