Miodrag Stefanović (basketball)

Miodrag "Mija" Stefanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Миодраг Мија Стефановић; born 20 October 1922) was a Serbian basketball player, coach and referee. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.

Miodrag Stefanović
Personal information
Born(1922-10-20)20 October 1922
NationalitySerbian
Listed height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
PositionGuard
Career history
As player:
1942SK 1913
1946Crvena zvezda
As coach:
00Radnički Belgrade
1951Austria
1953Partizan
1954Partizan (youth)
1962–1963Tunisia
1962–1964Yugoslavia (women's team)

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
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See also

References
  1. "Ono što se mora znati o KK Crvena zvezda". mojacrvenazvezda.net (in Serbian). 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. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  4. http://kkpartizan.rs/sr/trofeji
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-24. Retrieved 2017-06-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Sportski spomenar - Geza Pastor". rts.rs. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
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