Dragoslav Stepanović

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Dragoslav Stepanović (born in Rekovac, Yugoslavia (now Serbia), 30 August 1948) was a professional footballer.

He made his name with OFK Beograd where he was a defensive right back fixture for 11 years between 1962 and 1973, before moving on to Red Star Belgrade for 3 seasons until 1976. Due to the transfer age restrictions in SFR Yugoslavia he had to wait until 28 years of age to move abroad.

Stepanović's first stop abroad was German Bundesliga with Eintracht Frankfurt where he became affectionately known as Steppi. He played in Frankfurt for two seasons (1976-1978). Next came a 1-season stint with Wormatia Worms.

In July 1979 he joined English club Manchester City for £140,000, and spent 2 seasons there.

He closed out his career back in Germany with Wormatia Worms in 1981/82 season.

He was a Yugoslav international, and a favourite of national team head coach Vujadin Boskov.

Stepanović went on to become a successful football coach in Germany. After making a managerial name for himself in Germany he was signed to coach Athletic Bilbao in July 1995. He didn't survive until the end of the season, however, getting replaced in mid-March 1996.

He was idolized in the US and finally came to Columbus, Ohio in 2002 to Coach the youth soccer club Blast FC. He has since returned to Germany where he coaches the KFC Uerdingen 05.