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Personal information
Date of birth (1983-04-02) 2 April 1983 (age 39)
Place of birth Kisač, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
Tatra Kisač
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2006 Vojvodina 105 (6)
2006–2007 Trabzonspor 37 (1)
2007–2010 Porto 10 (0)
2009–2010Málaga (loan) 12 (0)
2010–2012 Bursaspor 25 (2)
2012–2013 Mersin İdmanyurdu 26 (2)
2014–2015 Omonia 6 (0)
2015 Sarajevo 5 (0)
2016 Vojvodina 0 (0)
International career
2006–2007 Serbia 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Milan Stepanov (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Степанов; born 2 April 1983) is a former Serbian footballer who played as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Kisač, Novi Sad, Serbia, Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia, Stepanov came up through Vojvodina's ranks, making his first-team debut during the 2000–01 season and becoming team captain five years later. In the 2006 January transfer window, he transferred to Turkish club Trabzonspor.

In July 2007, Stepanov moved to Porto in Portugal for a reported 3.5 million.[1] Initially on the substitutes bench he gradually made room for himself in the starting eleven but, on 28 November, in a UEFA Champions League match at Liverpool, his team lost 1–4, with him having a subpar performance and subsequently losing the starting place to veteran Pedro Emanuel; this situation was aggravated in his second year with the signing of Rolando (he would only play in the penultimate Primeira Liga game).[2][3]

On 27 July 2009, Stepanov moved on loan to Spain's Málaga, with the Andalusians having a buying option at the season's end.[4] He only made four La Liga appearances in the first half of the campaign, and was left out of the squad for almost three months, only playing again in a 0–0 home draw against Deportivo La Coruña on 7 February 2010, where he started.[5]

In late July 2010, Stepanov returned to Turkey, signing for Süper Lig champions Bursaspor for an undisclosed fee.[6] In May 2012 his contract was terminated, and he joined fellow league side Mersin İdmanyurdu shortly after.

Subsequently, Stepanov represented Omonia and Sarajevo in quick succession. On 2 January 2016, after almost ten years, he returned to Vojvodina, signing a one-and-a-half-year deal with the club.[7]

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Kisač

Kisač

Kisač is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. The settlement has a Slovak ethnic majority.

Novi Sad

Novi Sad

Novi Sad is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. Novi Sad is home for 367,121 inhabitants. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannonian Plain on the border of the Bačka and Syrmia geographical regions. Lying on the banks of the Danube river, the city faces the northern slopes of Fruška Gora.

FK Vojvodina

FK Vojvodina

Fudbalski klub Vojvodina, commonly known as Vojvodina and colloquially as Voša, is a Serbian professional football club based in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, the second largest city in Serbia, and one of the most popular clubs in the country. The club is the major part of the Vojvodina multi-sport club and currently the third oldest football club in the Serbian SuperLiga and the most successful football club in Serbia next to the rivals Crvena zvezda and Partizan Belgrade.

Captain (association football)

Captain (association football)

The team captain of an association football team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband.

FC Porto

FC Porto

Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM, commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football.

Euro

Euro

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Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Founded in 1892, the club joined the Football League the following year and has played its home games at Anfield since its formation.

2007–08 UEFA Champions League

2007–08 UEFA Champions League

The 2007–08 UEFA Champions League was the 16th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League, since it was rebranded in 1992, and the 53rd tournament overall.

Pedro Emanuel

Pedro Emanuel

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2008–09 Primeira Liga

2008–09 Primeira Liga

The 2008–09 Primeira Liga was the 75th season of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. It began on 22 August 2008 and ended on 24 May 2009. Porto was the three-time defending champions and secured a fourth consecutive title for the second time in its history.

Rolando (footballer)

Rolando (footballer)

Rolando Jorge Pires da Fonseca, known simply as Rolando, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a central defender.

Primeira Liga

Primeira Liga

The Primeira Liga, also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, it is contested by 18 teams since the 2014–15 season, with the three lowest placed teams relegated to the Liga Portugal 2 and replaced by the top-three non-reserve teams from this division.

International career

Stepanov was part of the Serbian and Montenegrin team that was knocked out in the first round of the 2004 Summer Olympics after finishing fourth in Group C behind eventual winners Argentina, Australia and Tunisia. He played against the first and the third teams in two losses.[8]

In November 2005, Stepanov appeared in a two-match qualification playoff against Croatia for the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Portugal, and scored in the second leg in a 2–1 away win, netting the winner in the 86th minute (5–2 on aggregate).[9] He eventually helped the national side reach the semifinals in the final stages, with many pundits agreeing he was the team's most consistent performer with a string of confident defensive displays throughout the tournament.[10]

Stepanov made his senior team debut in a friendly match against Czech Republic on 16 August 2006, in which he was sent off. In March 2007, during the nation's UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying campaign, he started in the 1–2 loss to Kazakhstan and was on the bench against Portugal.

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Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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2004 Summer Olympics

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The 2004 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad and also known as Athens 2004, were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes compete, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team officials from 201 countries, with 301 medal events in 28 different sports. The 2004 Games marked the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics that all countries with a National Olympic Committee were in attendance, and also marked the first time Athens hosted the Games since their first modern incarnation in 1896 as well as the return of the Olympic games to its birthplace. Athens became one of only four cities at the time to have hosted the Summer Olympic Games on two occasions. A new medal obverse was introduced at these Games, replacing the design by Giuseppe Cassioli that had been used since 1928. The new design features the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens rectifying the long-running mistake of using a depiction of the Roman Colosseum rather than a Greek venue. The 2004 Games was the first of two consecutive Olympic games to be held in Southern Europe since the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, and was followed by the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Argentina national under-23 football team

Argentina national under-23 football team

The Argentina Olympic football team represents Argentina in international football competitions during Olympic Games and Pan American Games. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except three overage players. The team is controlled by the Argentine Football Association (AFA).

2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs

2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs

The play-off round of 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification was held on 11–13 and 15–16 November 2005. Winners of play-off round qualified to the championship played following year in May and June, where Portugal was chosen to host the fixtures.

Croatia national under-21 football team

Croatia national under-21 football team

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2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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Portugal

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Exhibition game

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Czech Republic national football team

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Ejection (sports)

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Kazakhstan national football team

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Portugal national football team

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Career statistics

As of 30 August 2015
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bosnia and Herzegovina League Cup UEFA competitions Total
2015–16 FK Sarajevo Bosnian P. liga 4 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
FK Sarajevo Total 4 0 0 0 2 0 6 0

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Herzegovina

Herzegovina

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Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup

Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup

The Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup is a knock-out football competition contested annually by clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The winner qualifies for the UEFA Europa Conference League first qualifying round.

UEFA

UEFA

Union of European Football Associations is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs football, futsal and beach football in Europe and the transcontinental countries of Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Kazakhstan, as well as some Asian countries such as Israel, Cyprus and Armenia. UEFA consists of 55 national association members. Because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA and UEFA suspended all Russian national teams and clubs from any FIFA and UEFA competitions.

UEFA competitions

UEFA competitions

UEFA competitions, referred improperly by the mass media as European football, are the set of tournaments organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), generally in professional and amateur association football and futsal. The term was established in 1971 by the confederation to differentiate the men's football competitions under its administration, the first in history being held at a pan-European stage, from other international competitions carried out in the continent between 1960s and 1990s, such as the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, International Football Cup and Karl Rappan Cup, Cup of the Alps, Balkans Cup and the restructured Mitropa Cup. All these tournaments were organised by private bodies and/or at least two national associations and concerning one of more regional areas of Europe, not being recognised by UEFA for historic-statistical purposes.

2015–16 FK Sarajevo season

2015–16 FK Sarajevo season

The 2015–2016 season was Sarajevo's 67th season in existence, and their 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Bosnian football, the Premier League of BiH. Besides competing in the Premier League, the team competed in the National Cup and the qualifications for UEFA Champions League.

FK Sarajevo

FK Sarajevo

Fudbalski klub Sarajevo is a professional football club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is one of the most successful clubs in the country.

2015–16 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Sarajevo

Sarajevo

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Honours

Porto

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Primeira Liga

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2007–08 Primeira Liga

2007–08 Primeira Liga

The 2007–08 Primeira Liga was the 74th edition of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. It started on 17 August 2007 and ended on 11 May 2008, with the fixtures announced on 12 July 2007. Porto were the two-time defending champions, having won their 22nd title the previous season, and secured a third consecutive title for the second time in their history.

2008–09 Primeira Liga

2008–09 Primeira Liga

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Taça de Portugal

Taça de Portugal

The Taça de Portugal is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Placard since the 2015–16 season. Organised by the Portuguese Football Federation since it was first held in 1938, the competition is open to professional and amateur clubs from the top-four league divisions. Matches are played from August–September to May–June, and the final is traditionally held at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, near Lisbon. The winners qualify for the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira and the UEFA Europa League.

2008–09 Taça de Portugal

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References
  1. ^ Porto sign Serbia defender Stepanov; UEFA.com, 27 July 2007
  2. ^ "Um onze às voltas" [Revolving XI]. Record (in Portuguese). 30 November 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Pedro Emanuel: "Temos presente a época passada"" [Pedro Emanuel: "Last season still on our minds"]. Record (in Portuguese). 2 December 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Milan Stepanov: 'Doy gracias por la oportunidad de llegar al Málaga'" [Milan Stepanov: 'I thank for the opportunity of arriving at Málaga']. El Mundo (in Spanish). 27 July 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  5. ^ Ten-man Deportivo hold on; ESPN Soccernet, 7 February 2010
  6. ^ Stepanov agrees on terms with Bursaspor Archived 22 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine; Super Lig News, 29 July 2010
  7. ^ "Stepanov i Meleg ponovo kod kuće" [Stepanov and Meleg return home] (in Serbian). FK Vojvodina. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  8. ^ Milan StepanovFIFA competition record (archived)
  9. ^ Job done for Serbia and Montenegro; UEFA.com, 16 November 2005
  10. ^ "Ivanović caps Portugal misery". UEFA. 25 May 2006. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
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