Mike Stankovic
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | November 11, 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Kaludra, Yugoslavia | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980 | Memphis Rogues | 28 | (5) |
| 1980-1981 | Dallas Tornado (indoor) | 16 | (24) |
| 1981 | Dallas Tornado | 15 | (0) |
| 1981-1987 | Baltimore Blast (indoor) | 212 | (120) |
| 1987-1989 | Wichita Wings (indoor) | 96 | (42) |
| 1989-1991 | Baltimore Blast (indoor) | 74 | (34) |
| 1992-1998 | Baltimore Spirit (indoor) | 108 | (67) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1991-1992 | Baltimore Blast (assistant) | ||
| 1992-1996 | Baltimore Spirit (assistant) | ||
| 1996-1998 | Baltimore Spirit | ||
| 2010 | Ghana (assistant) | ||
| 2011 | Qatar (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mike Stankovic is a retired Yugoslavian soccer defender who played professionally in the North American Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League and National Professional Soccer League.
Biography
In 1980, he moved to the United States where he signed with the Memphis Rogues of the North American Soccer League. He moved to the Dallas Tornado in the fall of 1980 and played for the Tornado during the 1980-1981 NASL indoor season.[1] He played the 1981 outdoor season with the Tornado, then moved indoors permanently when he signed with the Baltimore Blast of the Major Indoor Soccer League. In August 1987, he signed as a free agent with the Wichita Wings.[2] During his six seasons with the Blast, Stankovic was a five time All Star. On January 20, 1989, the Wings traded Stankovic and Peter Ward to the Blast in exchange for Keder and David Byrne.[3]
After retiring from pro soccer he founded the "Mike Stankovic Pro Soccer Academy". In 2010, Stankovic served as an assistant to Milovan Rajevac on the Ghana national football team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. After the cup, Rajevac and Stankovic moved to manage the Qatar national football team.[4]
In March 2013, Stankovic was one of six men named to the 2013 class of the Indoor Soccer Hall of Fame. The other inductees are Gordon Jago, Preki, Kai Haaskivi, Zoltán Tóth, and Brian Quinn.[5]
Awards and honors
- MISL All-Star Team: 1985
- MISL 10th Year Anniversary All Decade Team
References
- ↑ The Year in American Soccer - 1981
- ↑ Strikers' future remains uncertain Evening Tribune (San Diego, CA) - Tuesday, August 25, 1987
- ↑ Stankovic Bolsters Baltimore Defense St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Sunday, January 28, 1990
- ↑ Coaches Rajevac and Stankovic to Train Cardiff FC Coaches
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- 1956 births
- Living people
- Baltimore Blast (original MISL) players
- Baltimore Spirit players
- Dallas Tornado players
- Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–92) coaches
- Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–92) players
- Memphis Rogues players
- North American Soccer League (1968–84) indoor players
- National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) coaches
- National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) players
- North American Soccer League (1968–84) players
- Yugoslav footballers
- Yugoslav expatriate footballers
- Wichita Wings (MISL) players
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Yugoslav expatriates in the United States
