Miodrag Belodedici

Miodrag Belodedici
Belodedici in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-05-20) 20 May 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth Socol, Romania
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Sweeper
Youth career
1978–1981 Minerul Moldova Nouă
1981–1982 Luceafărul București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1988 Steaua București 174 (18)
1989–1992 Red Star Belgrade 63 (3)
1992–1994 Valencia 49 (0)
1994–1995 Valladolid 31 (0)
1995–1996 Villarreal 16 (2)
1996–1998 Atlante 63 (2)
1998–2001 Steaua București 61 (3)
Total 457 (28)
International career
1982–1984 Romania U21 16 (1)
1984–2000 Romania 55 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Miodrag Belodedici (Romanian pronunciation: [beloˈdedit͡ʃʲ]; Serbian: Миодраг Белодедић, romanized: Miodrag Belodedić; born 20 May 1964) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a sweeper.

Nicknamed The Deer due to his elegant tackles, he spent the majority of his 19-year professional career with Steaua București (ten seasons), winning the European Cup with that team and Red Star Belgrade, thus becoming the first player (to play in the final) to win the trophy with two clubs[1][2] and the only player to win the trophy with two different Eastern European teams. In 1991 he was nominated for the Ballon d'Or and finished the 8th.[3][4] Belodedici also played in Spain and Mexico.

Belodedici won 55 caps with Romania, representing the nation at the 1994 World Cup and two European Championships.[5]

  1. ^ "Spectatorii admirau eleganța lui Belodedici" [Spectators admired Belodedici's elegance]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  2. ^ Miodrag Belodedici Archived 22 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine; at Sports Illustrated
  3. ^ Pierrend, José Luis (1 February 2006). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1991". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Dumitru Macri, primul fotbalist român nominalizat la Balonul de Aur! Gică Hagi, aproape de succes în 1994" [Dumitru Macri, the first Romanian footballer nominated for the Golden Ball! Gica Hagi, almost successful in 1994] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Miodrag Belodedici – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 April 2014.