Stevan Bates

Stevan Bates (; born 29 November 1981) is a Serbian football coach and former player who played as a defender. He is an assistant coach for the Chinese club Shanghai Port.

Club career Born in Belgrade, Bates played in Yugoslavia/Serbia for Železničar Beograd, Železnik and Rad, in Russia for Alania Vladikavkaz, in France for LB Châteauroux, and in Azerbaijan for FC Baku.

Bates played one league game for Tromsø IL in the Norwegian Premier League 2010 season. He did not manage to break into the Tromsø first team squad, and agreed to leave the club after the 2010 season, re-signing for his former club FC Baku.

On 16 January 2014, Bates transferred to China League One side Hunan Billows.

In summer 2017, Bates retired from playing football professionally.

Coaching career In January 2021, Bates was appointed assistant manager of Ivan Leko at Shanghai Port.