Stjepan Deverić is a former Croatia

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n and Yugoslav

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 footballer

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Deverić began his career with Dinamo Zagreb

Dinamo Zagreb

GNK Dinamo Zagreb, commonly referred to as Dinamo Zagreb , or by their nickname Modri are a Croatian football club based in Zagreb. They play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Croatian football, having won thirteen Croatian championship titles, ten...

 in the Yugoslav Federal League

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 in 1979. He stayed at the club until 1984, playing in 345 games and scoring 158 goals before moving to Croatian rival Hajduk Split where he stayed from 1984 until 1987 playing in 114 games and scoring 42 goals. He later returned to Dinamo (1987–90). After Croatian independence, he played abroad with SK Sturm Graz

SK Sturm Graz

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 (1991–92) and FC Lebring.

Internationally, Deverić was part of Yugoslavia's 1982 FIFA World Cup

1982 FIFA World Cup

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, but did not play. He was also a member of the squad which won bronze at the 1984 Olympics

Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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, as well as the Yugoslavian squad at the 1984 UEFA European Football Championship

1984 UEFA European Football Championship

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. For Yugoslavia he played in 6 games.

Stjepan Deverić scored 5 goals at the 1984 Summer Olympics

1984 Summer Olympics

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 and was a joint Top Scorer with Boro Cvetković.

He has also managed. He formerly managed NK Zagorec

NK Zagorec

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, HNK Segesta, NK Marsonia

NK Marsonia

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, HŠK Zrinjski Mostar

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, Belasitsa Petrich and was a Youth Coach in ONS Hitrec - Kacian (Dinamo youth football school).