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Marko Valok (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Валок, pronounced [mâːrko vâːlok]; born 5 March 1927) is a Serbian retired professional footballer who represented Yugoslavia internationally.[1]

Marko Valok

Personal information
Date of birth	(1927-03-05)5 March 1927
Place of birth	Surčin, Kingdom of SCS
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1946–1947	Napredak Kruševac
1947–1959	Partizan	470	(411)
National team
1949–1950	Yugoslavia	6	(3)
Teams managed
1959–1963	Burma
1963–1964	Partizan
1965	Partizan
1976–1977	Budućnost Titograd
1977	Yugoslavia
1979	Philadelphia Fury
1980–1981	Vojvodina
1982–1983	Adana Demirspor
–	Borac Banja Luka
–	Teteks Tetovo
–	Galenika Zemun
–	Rad
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Napredak Kruševac

He was part of the FK Napredak Kruševac team right at the foundation of the club in 1946, and made history for that club as the first ever goalscorer of the club, by scoring the only goal in Napredak's first ever official match against Makedonija, a 1–1 draw.[2]

Partizan

In 1947 he moved to FK Partizan where he had a successful career until his retirement, twelve years later. His first Yugoslav First League game he played in season 1947–48 when he won third place with Partizan. For Partizan, which was also the only club he played for, he played in the period until 1959 and during that time he played 470 games (165 championships) and scored 411 goals (90 championships). On Partizan's all-time top goalscorer list He is second behind Stjepan Bobek who scored (425 goals).

Valok won one Yugoslav championship title with Partizan in 1948–49 and three times Yugoslav Cup 1952, 1954 and 1956–57. In all three final matches in the cup, Marko Valok scored goals. In the finals in 1952 and 1954, he scored two goals each, and in the finals in 1957, he scored one goal.

He holds the record for most goals in the Serbian "eternal derby", scoring thirteen times against rivals Red Star Belgrade.[3]

Yugoslavia national team

Valok played two games for Yugoslavia B team and six games for the best selection. He scored a total of three goals against Israel (2:5) in Tel Aviv two goals in the qualifying match for 1950 FIFA World Cup and in a friendly match in Stockholm against Sweden (1:2) one goal.

He made his national team debut on June 19, 1949 against Norway (1:3) in Oslo. And he played the last game for the national team against Austria (2:7) in Vienna October 8, 1950. He usually played in the positions of center forward and right wing.

Coaching career

As a sports instructor in JNA, Marko Valok worked in Myanmar (1959-1963), where he was also a coach for a while in Myanmar. In the period from 1963 to 1967, he worked in Partizan.

He worked as the coach of the Yugoslav national team in the period from 1977 to 1979.

He coached Burma, FK Partizan, Budućnost Titograd, Philadelphia Fury, FK Vojvodina, Adana Demirspor,[4] Borac Banja Luka, Teteks Tetovo, Galenika Zemun and FK Rad. He also coached FK IM Rakovica.[5]

References

External links

• Profile at reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)

На других языках

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- [en] Marko Valok

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[fr] Marko Valok

Marko Valok (serbe : Марко Валок) (né le 5 mars 1927 à Belgrade dans le Royaume des Serbes, Croates et Slovènes) est un ancien joueur et entraîneur de football serbe, international yougoslave.

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[it] Marko Valok

Marko Valok (Surčin, 5 marzo 1927 – 22 settembre 1996) è stato un calciatore e allenatore di calcio jugoslavo, di ruolo attaccante.

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[ru] Валок, Марко

Марко Валок (серб. Марко Валок; 5 марта 1927[1], Белград — 22 сентября 1996[2]) — югославский футболист и футбольный тренер, известный по выступлениям за «Партизан» из Белграда.

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