Stevan Bates (Serbian Cyrillic: Стеван Батес; born 29 November 1981) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a defender.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1981-11-29) 29 November 1981 (age 40) | ||
Place of birth | Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2002 | Železničar Beograd | 58 | (1) |
2002–2005 | Železnik | 59 | (4) |
2004 | → Alania Vladikavkaz (loan) | 15 | (1) |
2005–2006 | Rad | 26 | (2) |
2006–2009 | LB Châteauroux | 66 | (3) |
2009–2010 | FK Baku | 30 | (0) |
2010 | Tromsø IL | 1 | (0) |
2011–2012 | FK Baku | 28 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Rad | 0 | (0) |
2012 | → Khazar Lankaran (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2012–2013 | → Mes Kerman (loan) | 27 | (0) |
2013 | OFK Beograd | 7 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Hunan Billows | 53 | (1) |
2016–2017 | Rad | 35 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 January 2018 |
Born in Belgrade, Bates has played in Yugoslavia/Serbia for Železničar Beograd, Železnik and Rad Beograd, in Russia for Alania Vladikavkaz, in France for LB Châteauroux, and in Azerbaijan for FK Baku.[1]
Bates played one league game for Tromsø IL in the Norwegian Premier League 2010 season. Bates did not manage to break into the Tromsø first team squad, and agreed to leave the club after the 2010 season,[2] re-signing for his former club FK Baku.
On 16 January 2014, Bates transferred to China League One side Hunan Billows.[3][4]
In summer 2017, Bates retired from playing football professionally.[5]
In January 2021, Bates has been appointed assistant manager of Ivan Leko at Shanghai Port.[6]
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