Miodrag Stefanović (basketball)

Miodrag Stefanović
Personal information
Born(1922-10-20)20 October 1922
Died1 December 1998(1998-12-01) (aged 76)
NationalitySerbian
Listed height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Career information
Playing career1942–1946
PositionGuard
Coaching career1947–1964
Career history
Playing
1942SK 1913
1945Serbia
1946Crvena zvezda
Coaching
Radnički Belgrade
1951–1952Austria
1953Partizan
1954Partizan (youth)
1962–1963Tunisia
1962–1964Yugoslavia (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

See also

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. Archived from the original on May 27, 2022. 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.