Miodrag Belodedici

Miodrag Belodedici
Belodedici in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-05-20) 20 May 1964
Place of birth Socol, Romania
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position 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 72 (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)
2012–2014 GVD București
Total 466 (28)
International career
1981 Romania U18 1 (0)
1983–1985 Romania U21 17 (1)
1987 Romania Olympic 3 (0)
1984–2000 Romania 55 (5)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Miodrag Belodedici (Romanian pronunciation: [beloˈdedit͡ʃʲ]; Serbian: Миодраг Белодедић, romanizedMiodrag 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 and the only player to win the trophy with two different Eastern European teams. Belodedici also played in Spain and Mexico.

Belodedici won 55 caps with Romania, representing the nation in the 1994 World Cup and two European Championships.