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Todor "Toza" Veselinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Тодор "Тоза" Веселиновић, pronounced [tôdor ʋeselǐːnoʋitɕ]; 22 October 1930 – 17 May 2017) was a Serbian footballer and coach. He was one of the most renowned goalscorers in Yugoslavian history. Veselinović was the last surviving member of Yugoslavia's 1954 World Cup squad. He also won a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[1]

Todor Veselinović

Personal information
Full name	Todor Veselinović
Date of birth	(1930-10-22)22 October 1930
Place of birth	Novi Sad, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death	17 May 2017(2017-05-17) (aged 86)
Place of death	Athens, Greece
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1948–1950	Sloga Novi Sad	4	(0)
1951–1952	Vojvodina	22	(7)
1952–1953	Partizan	22	(15)
1953–1961	Vojvodina	170	(123)
1961–1962	Sampdoria	15	(4)
1962–1964	First Vienna	40	(15)
1964–1965	Union SG	10	(1)
1965–1967	Austria Klagenfurt	49	(5)
1967–1968	Proleter Zrenjanin	9	(0)
Total		341	(170)
National team
1953–1961	Yugoslavia	37	(28)
Teams managed
1968–1969	Austria Klagenfurt
1969–1971	Independiente Santa Fe
1972–1973	Colombia
1974	El Nacional
1974–1977	Vojvodina
1977–1980	Olympiacos
1981	Levante
1982	Millonarios
1982–1984	Yugoslavia
1984–1985	Fenerbahçe
1985–1986	Apollon Smyrnis
1986	Catanzaro
1986–1987	Diagoras
1987–1988	AEK Athens
1988–1990	Fenerbahçe
1990–1991	Gaziantepspor
1991	Bakırköyspor
1992–1993	Karşıyaka
1995–1996	Independiente Santa Fe
1997	Fenerbahçe
1997–1998	Ethnikos Piraeus
Honours Men's Football Representing  Yugoslavia Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Playing career

At international level, he won 37 caps and scored 28 goals. He played in the 1954 FIFA World Cup and 1958 FIFA World Cup, scoring three goals in the latter tournament. He played for several clubs in his homeland and abroad. He established himself as one of the best strikers in former Yugoslavia. He was the Yugoslav First League top scorer on four occasions. In total for Vojvodina, he scored 586 goals, including unofficial games.[2]

Coaching career

He later began a coaching career and managed several clubs, including Independiente Santa Fe in Colombia, Olympiacos in Greece, and Fenerbahçe in Turkey. He won two Turkish league titles (1985 and 1989) with Fenerbahçe.

He also managed Yugoslavia at the finals of Euro 84 in France, where they lost all three of their games. Veselinović's time as Yugoslav manager was characterized by continuous tinkering and changing of his team selection. In two seasons at the helm, he used almost 60 players.

References

External links

• Todor Veselinović – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Todor Veselinović at National-Football-Teams.com
• Todor Veselinović at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian) (archived)
• Todor Veselinović at mackolik.com (in Turkish)

На других языках

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[de] Todor Veselinović

Todor „Toza“ Veselinović (serbisch-kyrillisch Тодор Веселиновић; * 22. Oktober 1930 in Belgrad[1], Serbien; † 17. Mai 2017 in Athen, Griechenland[2]) war ein jugoslawischer Fußballspieler und serbischer Fußballtrainer.

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- [en] Todor Veselinović

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[es] Todor Veselinović

Todor Veselinović (en serbio, Тодор "Тоза" Веселиновић), pronunciado [tôdor ʋeselǐːnoʋitɕ], también conocido con el apodo de Toza (Novi Sad, Serbia; 22 de octubre de 1930 — Atenas, Grecia; 17 de mayo de 2017)[1] fue un entrenador y futbolista yugoslavo/serbio.

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[fr] Todor Veselinović

Todor Veselinović (en serbe en écriture cyrillique : Тодор Веселиновић) dit Toza (né le 22 octobre 1930 à Novi Sad (Royaume de Yougoslavie) et mort le 17 mai 2017 à Athènes (Grèce)[1]) est un footballeur yougoslave qui jouait au poste d'attaquant.

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[it] Todor Veselinović

Todor "Toza" Veselinović (Novi Sad, 22 ottobre 1930 – Atene, 17 maggio 2017) è stato un allenatore di calcio e calciatore jugoslavo, di ruolo attaccante.

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[ru] Веселинович, Тодор

То́дор Весели́нович (серб. Тодор Веселиновић; 22 октября 1930, Нови-Сад, Королевство Югославия — 17 мая 2017) — югославский футболист и тренер, играл на позиции нападающего. Лучший бомбардир в истории клуба «Войводина».

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