Bojan Stepanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Бојан Степановић; born January 11, 1983) is a Serbian footballer who played as a midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bojan Stepanović | ||
| Date of birth | January 11, 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Radnički Beograd | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2005 | Radnički Beograd | 84 | (16) |
| 2005–2006 | Voždovac | 15 | (3) |
| 2006–2007 | Mladenovac | 31 | (2) |
| 2007–2009 | Srem | 42 | (6) |
| 2009 | Chivas USA | 17 | (1) |
| 2010 | Drava Ptuj | 6 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Posavac | 6 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Timok | 10 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Burlington SC | ||
| 2016–2019 | Brantford Galaxy | 21 | (5) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 February 2017 | |||
Career
editEurope
editBorn in Belgrade, in the Yugoslavia prior to the country's breakup in the Yugoslav wars, Stepanović spent his early career playing in his native Serbia. He was a member of the youth setup at Radnički Beograd, and played for Radnički's first team in the First League of Serbia and Montenegro in 2004. He later went on to play for Voždovac in the 2005–06 Serbia and Montenegro SuperLiga, and for Srem in the Serbian First League (Serbian second tier) from 2007 to 2009.[1][2]
North America
editStepanović was signed by Chivas USA on March 27, 2009, after impressing head coach Preki during a month-long trial,[3] in which he played in several pre-season friendlies.[4] He made his Major League Soccer debut on March 29, 2009, coming on as a 69th-minute substitute in a 2-0 away win over FC Dallas. He scored six minutes into his debut appearance.[5][6]
Stepanović was waived by Chivas USA on January 26, 2010.[7] In 2014, he signed with Burlington SC of the Canadian Soccer League, where he played for two seasons.[8] In 2016, he remained in the CSL and signed with Brantford Galaxy, where he appeared in 21 matches with 5 goals.[9]
References
edit- ^ Bojan Stepanović at Srbijafudbal
- ^ Woile, Dennis Grebasch, Michael. "FK Vozdovac 2005-06". en.eufo.de. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ http://chivas.usa.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20090327&content_id=231621&vkey=pr_cdc&fext=.jsp&team=t120[permanent dead link]
- ^ http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20090314&content_id=225486&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Chivas USA beats FC Dallas 2-0". The Canadian Press. 2009-03-27. Retrieved 2009-03-29.[dead link]
- ^ "Bojan Stepanovic | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
- ^ "Chivas USA Changes Date of Season Opener, Waives two". 27 January 2010.
- ^ "KINGSTON RESERVES WIN SECOND DIVISION Flurry of transfer activity leading to CSL Roster Freeze and the Playoffs | SIRC". sirc.ca. Archived from the original on 2019-07-28. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
- ^ "Brantford Galaxy SC | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
External links
edit- MLS player profile
- Short career story at Tribalfootball
- Bojan Stepanović at Soccerway