Josip Takač (Serbian Cyrillic: Јосип Такач, Hungarian: Takács József; 11 November 1919 – 1991) was a Yugoslav footballer.
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| Full name | Josip Takač | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 November 1919 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Subotica, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 1991 (aged 71–72) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Subotica, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1933–1937 | ŽAK Subotica | ||||||||||||||||
| 1937–1942 | UTK Novi Sad | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1942–1944 | Újvideki AC | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1944–1945 | ŽAK Subotica | [1]0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1945–1948 | Spartak Subotica | 42 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 1948–1950 | Red Star Belgrade | 23 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 1951–1956 | Spartak Subotica | 92 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1948 | Yugoslavia Olympic | ||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| Bačka Bačka Palanka | |||||||||||||||||
| Sutjeska Nikšić | |||||||||||||||||
| 1963 | Iraklis Thessaloniki | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editBorn in Subotica,[2] Takač started playing in 1933 with local ŽAK Subotica.[2] In 1937 he moved to Novi Sad where he joined UTK (Újvidéki Textil SK)[2] a regular competitor in the first league of the Novi Sad Football Subassociation. With Second World War already started and the region occupied by Hungarian authorities, he joins Újvidékí AC in June 1942, the local club that was playing in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I.[2] He played 3 seasons in Hungarian top level. However, in 1944 the season was interrupted as Hungary was losing the war, and Takač left UTC and Novi Sad and returned to his hometown, Subotica, where he rejoined his former team ŽAK.
As the region came back to Yugoslav authorities, ŽAK was merged with other local clubs and formed FK Spartak Subotica[2] in 1945. Takač will become one of its most influential players, and his skills got him to join powerhouse Red Star Belgrade in 1948.[2] In 1950 he will return to Subotica and rejoin Spartak.[2] He will finish his playing career in 1962. During his club career, he won 3 Yugoslav Cup titles.
International career
editTakač will be the member of the Yugoslav team that won silver at the 1948 Summer Olympics,[3] but he did not play in any matches.[4]
Coaching career
editLater he became a coach and managed Bačka Bačka Palanka[5] and other clubs.
References
edit- ^ Note: No national championship was played those years.
- ^ a b c d e f g Takács József at magyarfutball.hu, retrieved 18-7-2019
- ^ Josip Takač at sportskisavezsubotice.org, retrieved 18-7-2019 (in Serbian)
- ^ "Josip Takač". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ Book: "Deset Godina Sporta u Bačkoj Palanci 1945 - 55", pag. 8, (in Serbian)