Aleksandar Stojanović
Quick Facts
Biography
Aleksandar "Dika" Stojanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Aлeкcaндap Cтojaнoвић Дикa ; born June 19, 1954 in Kragujevac) is a Serbian football goalkeeping manager and former goalkeeper. He got 2 caps for Yugoslavia.
Career
After playing 5 seasons with his home town club Radnički Kragujevac, he moved, in 1976, to Red Star Belgrade. In the seven years that he played in Belgrade, he won three national championships and one cup. He is also remembered as the goalkeeper that did nothing but applaud after the memorable volley of Diego Maradona, playing in a European Cup match against FC Barcelona. After this successful seasons with Red Star, he decided to move abroad playing in Greece with Egaleo F.C., between 1983 and 1985, and also with Diagoras F.C. in the first half of the 1985-86 season. The rest of that last season he played back in Yugoslavia, this time with the ambitious FK Vojvodina.
He played two matches for the Yugoslavia national football team, both in 1979.
After retiring, he begin his career as a goalkeeping coach having, among others, worked with the renowned coach Slavoljub Muslin in Red Star Belgrade, Levski Sofia and Russian FC Lokomotiv Moscow.