Career
He mainly played for and was capped 61 times for Yugoslavia. He participated at two World Cups and twice at Olympic Games. Stanković is one of the most elegant defense players of his time.
Because of his playing style, he earned his nickname Ambassador.
Players such as Bruno Belin, Milovan Đorić, Fahrudin Jusufi, Petar Krivokuća used to copy his playing style. He was strong, fast and very brave player, also a good header.
He started his career in Saskatchewan Slavija Sarajevo, as a youth player in 1936. In 1941 he escaped from Sarajevo and joined Yugoslav pre-war most successful club, BSK Belgrade and played in the Serbian League during the war.
In 1946 he came to, where he established himself as one of the best defenders in the.
Stanković played 195 games, with 14 scored goals. He retired in 1958 before his 37th birthday. He started his coaching career in Sarajevo in 1960, as a head coach of Željezničar.
Beside Red Star, he also coached number of teams in different countries, such as South.K. and J.K. in Turkey, Football Club Porto in Portugal,, Aris Thessaloniki and PAOK Thessaloniki in Greece.
He also coached Željezničar Sarajevo, Olimpija Ljubljana and in the spells. During 1966, he was also co-coach in Yugoslavia along with Aleksandar Tirnanić, Miljan Miljanić, Rajko Mitić and Vujadin Boškov.
He is also famous because of his incident with one of the most popular Yugoslav players during that time, Dragan Stojković Piksi. Stanković retired from coaching in 1989.
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