Born in the town of Užice (then called Titovo Užice) in Serbia, he started playing for Red Star Belgrade in 1975 and stayed until 1981, when he was transferred to the Memphis Americans of the Major Indoor Soccer League.
[1][2] He played there for two seasons before going to the Baltimore Blast and stayed there until 1988, after helping the team win an MISL championship in 1984.
He returned to Yugoslavia afterward to start his own business, a pizza parlor.
He tried a comeback with the CISL's San Jose Grizzlies in 1994 but nagging injuries, which had prompted his earlier retirement, stopped this after 8 matches.
[3] Stamenkovic died after injuring his head in a fall on a sidewalk in Užice, just three days before his fortieth birthday.