born in kumanovo, stanojković made his yugoslav first league debuts with vardar in the 1985–86 season. he spent three more years at the club, before transferring to partizan in the summer of 1989. he appeared in more than 100 official games over the next four seasons, winning one national championship and one national cup. in 1993, stanojković moved abroad to sweden and signed with degerfors if, staying there for three years. he also spent two seasons at trelleborgs ff, before retiring from the game in 1998.