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Ivan "Ivica" Bek (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван "Ивица" Бек; 29 October 1909 – 2 June 1963), also known as Yvan Beck, was a French–Yugoslav football player. He was part of Yugoslavia's team at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[1]

Ivan Bek

Bek in 1928
Personal information
Full name	Ivan Beck
Date of birth	(1909-10-29)29 October 1909
Place of birth	Belgrade, Serbia
Date of death	2 June 1963(1963-06-02) (aged 53)
Place of death	Sète, France
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1925–1928	BSK Belgrade	50	(51)
1928	FK Mačva Šabac
1928–1931	FC Sète
1931–1932	Urania Genève Sport	16	(16)
1932–1935	FC Sète	69	(33)
1935–1939	Saint-Étienne	109	(93)
1940–1943	Nîmes
1943–1944	AS Aix
National team
1927–1931	Yugoslavia	8	(4)
1935–1937	France	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Bek was born to a German father, and a Czech mother in the Serbian capital Belgrade borough of Čubura. At age of 16, started playing in BSK Belgrade for which he scored 51 goals in 50 matches. In 1928, Bek moved to Mačva, and soon proceeded to French FC Sète. In his first season, he reached the cup finals, but lost 2–0 against Montpellier. Next year in cup finals against RC France, was victorious for Sète (3–1) with Bek scoring two decisive goals in extra time. Four years later with the same club, Bek was part of the first team that win the Double in France. Bek helped Yugoslavia get fourth place in the first FIFA world cup in Uruguay. Bek and his team went on a train from Belgrade to Marseille. When they came to Marseille they went on a crew ship to Uruguay in the second class.

International career

Internationally, Bek represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (seven caps, four goals) and France (five caps). For Yugoslavia he debuted in 1927 against Bulgaria (2–0), participated Olympic tournament in 1928 in Amsterdam and played in the 1930 FIFA World Cup for Yugoslavia scoring three goals. In 1933, Bek took French citizenship and renamed himself Yvan Beck and in February 1935 he was picked for the first time for the Equipe Tricolore.

International goals

Scores and results list Yugoslavia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bek goal.

List of international goals scored by Ivan Bek

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	14 July 1930	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo, Uruguay	Brazil	2–0	2–1	1930 FIFA World Cup
2	17 July 1930	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo, Uruguay	Bolivia	1–0	4–0	1930 FIFA World Cup
3				3–0

Post-playing career

During the Second World War, Bek was a member of the French Resistance. After the war, he worked as a dockworker in Sète, where he died from a heart attack.

Honours

FC Sète

• Champion of France: 1934
• French Cup: 1930, 1934

References

External links

• Ivan Bek (Ivica Bek) at National-Football-Teams.com
• Ivan Bek (Yvan Beck) at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
• Yvan Beck at the French Football Federation (in French)
• Yvan Beck at the French Football Federation (archived 2018-08-24) (in French)
• Yvan Beck at the French Football Federation^{[dead link]} (in French)

На других языках

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- [en] Ivan Bek

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[fr] Yvan Beck

Yvan « Ivica » Beck, né Ivan Bek le 29 octobre 1909 à Belgrade (Yougoslavie) et décédé le 2 juin 1963 à Sète, était un footballeur yougoslave naturalisé français en 1933.

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[it] Ivan Bek

Ivan Bek, anche chiamato Yvan Beck (Belgrado, 29 ottobre 1909 – Sète, 2 giugno 1963), è stato un calciatore jugoslavo naturalizzato francese.

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[ru] Бек, Иван (футболист)

И́ван Бе́к (сербохорв. Ivan Bek / Иван Бек, после смены гражданства фр. Yvan Beck; 29 октября 1909, Белград, Королевство Сербия — 2 июня 1963, Сет, Франция) — югославский футболист, нападающий, выступавший за сборные Югославии (участник Олимпийских игр 1928 года и чемпионата мира 1930 года) и Франции.

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