Miodrag Stefanović (basketball)

Miodrag Stefanović

Personal information
Born	(1922-10-20)20 October 1922
Died	1 December 1998(1998-12-01) (aged 76)
Nationality	Serbian
Listed height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Career information
Playing career	1942–1946
Position	Guard
Coaching career	1947–1964
Career history
As player:
1942	SK 1913
1945	Serbia
1946	Crvena zvezda
As coach:
00	Radnički Belgrade
1951–1952	Austria
1953	Partizan
1954	Partizan (youth)
1962–1963	Tunisia
1962–1964	Yugoslavia (women's team)

Miodrag "Mija" Stefanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Миодраг Мија Стефановић; 20 October 1922 – 1 December 1998) was a Serbian basketball player, coach and referee. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.

Playing career

Stefanović played for Belgrade-based team Crvena zvezda of the Yugoslav First League. With the Zvezda, he won the National Championships in the 1946 season.^[1][2] In the 1946 Zvezda season, Stefanović averaged 3.4 points per game while appearing in all 7 games.

National team career

Stefanović was a member of the Yugoslavia national team which participated at the 1947 FIBA European Championship in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He played one game at the tournament and scored 2 points.^[3]

Coaching career

Stefanović coached Partizan during the 1953 season in the Yugoslav First League.^[4]

National teams

Stefanović coached the Austria men's national team at the EuroBasket 1951.

Stefanović coached the Yugoslavia women's national team at two European Women's Basketball Championships (1962 and 1964).^[5]

Referee career

Stefanović was a referee at the 1952 Summer Olympics. After the tournament, he retired.^[6]

Career achievements and awards

• Yugoslav League champion: 1 (with Crvena zvezda: 1946).

See also

• List of KK Partizan head coaches

References

1. "Ono što se mora znati o KK Crvena zvezda". mojacrvenazvezda.net (in Serbian). 19 March 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
2. "Košarkaška prvenstva Jugoslavije (1945-91) – prvi deo". strategija.org (in Serbian). Retrieved 10 January 2019.
3. "1947 Yugoslavia 5 - Miodrag Stefanovic". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
4. "KK Partizan - Trofeji". kkpartizan.rs. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
5. "Istorija ženske košarke". Archived from the original on 2014-12-24. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
6. "Sportski spomenar - Geza Pastor". rts.rs. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

External links

• Miodrag Stefanović at FIBA.com (archived)
• Miodrag Stefanović at Olympedia