Aleksandar Tomašević
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Aleksandar Tomašević was a Serbia
n Yugoslav
international football player and manager
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, national team striker and an excellent manager.
He started playing in 1925 in Jedinstvo Belgrade. In 1928 moved to SK Soko and a year latter the club was renamed into BASK
where he'll stay for eleven years, until 1940, when because of a serious lesion of the meniscus, had to stp playing. He is remembered as an excellent technician and a very effective striker.
having scored 8 goals. He mostly played as a striker or left midfielder. His debut was in Belgrade on 15 March 1931 against Greece (4-1 win) having scored a hat-trick. There was a darker period in his national team career that happened after in a match for the Balkan Cup
, in Sofia against Bulgaria (2-3 loss), he failed to materialize a penalty and was afterward absent from the national side for three years! His comeback was in a Balkan Cup realized in Athens in 1935 and was a perfect opportunity for him to demonstrate the unfairnes of his absence, having showed great condition and scored three goals in two matches that much helped his side to win the tournament. His last match was in 22 May 1938 in a friendly match against Italy in Genoa (0-4 loss).
, Ljubljana's clubs Krim and Odred, Vardar Skopje and Partizan Belgrade
but his main archivements was the two national cups with Red Star Belgrade
, one national Championship with Hajduk Split and winning the promotion to the First League with Radnički Beograd. He also spend some time coaching in Greece.
As manager:
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n Yugoslav
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a state stretching from the Western Balkans to Central Europe which existed during the often-tumultuous interwar era of 1918–1941...
international football player and manager
Coach (sport)
In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
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Playing career
He was one of the best forwards in the Belgrade clubs in the period before the WWII, the star player of BASKBask
Bask, bred at the Albigowa State Stud in Poland and foaled in 1956, was a bay Arabian stallion who was imported into the United States in 1963 by Dr. Eugene LaCroix of Lasma Arabians and became a major sire of significance in the Arabian breed....
, national team striker and an excellent manager.
He started playing in 1925 in Jedinstvo Belgrade. In 1928 moved to SK Soko and a year latter the club was renamed into BASK
Bask
Bask, bred at the Albigowa State Stud in Poland and foaled in 1956, was a bay Arabian stallion who was imported into the United States in 1963 by Dr. Eugene LaCroix of Lasma Arabians and became a major sire of significance in the Arabian breed....
where he'll stay for eleven years, until 1940, when because of a serious lesion of the meniscus, had to stp playing. He is remembered as an excellent technician and a very effective striker.
National team
Beside 23 matches for the Belgrade City selection, and one match for the Yugoslav B team, he played 12 matches for the Yugoslavia national football teamYugoslavia national football team
The Yugoslavia national football team represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in association football. It enjoyed a modicum of success in international competition. In 1992, during the Yugoslav wars, the team was suspended from international...
having scored 8 goals. He mostly played as a striker or left midfielder. His debut was in Belgrade on 15 March 1931 against Greece (4-1 win) having scored a hat-trick. There was a darker period in his national team career that happened after in a match for the Balkan Cup
Balkan Cup
The Balkan Cup was an international football tournament played on and off between 1929 and 1980 between countries from the Balkan region. The first tournament was played between Romania, Greece, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria over 3 years from 1929 to 1931....
, in Sofia against Bulgaria (2-3 loss), he failed to materialize a penalty and was afterward absent from the national side for three years! His comeback was in a Balkan Cup realized in Athens in 1935 and was a perfect opportunity for him to demonstrate the unfairnes of his absence, having showed great condition and scored three goals in two matches that much helped his side to win the tournament. His last match was in 22 May 1938 in a friendly match against Italy in Genoa (0-4 loss).
Managerial career
After his injury, he continued to be attached to football getting significant results as a football manager. He was the main coach of Sarajevo's FK ŽeljezničarFK Željeznicar
FK Željezničar is a professional football club from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo.The initial acronym stands for Fudbalski sportski klub , and the name Željezničar means "railway worker," given because it was established by a group of railway workers.Željezničar, alias "Željo," is the most...
, Ljubljana's clubs Krim and Odred, Vardar Skopje and Partizan Belgrade
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...
but his main archivements was the two national cups with Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...
, one national Championship with Hajduk Split and winning the promotion to the First League with Radnički Beograd. He also spend some time coaching in Greece.
Honours
As player:- Yugoslavia
- 1 time Balkan CupBalkan CupThe Balkan Cup was an international football tournament played on and off between 1929 and 1980 between countries from the Balkan region. The first tournament was played between Romania, Greece, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria over 3 years from 1929 to 1931....
winner: 1934-35 - 1 time Balkan CupBalkan CupThe Balkan Cup was an international football tournament played on and off between 1929 and 1980 between countries from the Balkan region. The first tournament was played between Romania, Greece, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria over 3 years from 1929 to 1931....
top-scorer: 1934-35 ( equal with Tirnanić )
- 1 time Balkan Cup
As manager:
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- 1 time Yugoslav First LeagueYugoslav First LeagueThe Yugoslav First League was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and socialist Yugoslavia...
Champion: 1954-55 with Hajduk Split - 2 times Yugoslav CupYugoslav CupThe Yugoslav Cup, officially the Marshal Tito Cup, was one of two major football competitions in the former Yugoslavia, the other one being the Yugoslav League Championship. The Yugoslav Cup took place after the league championships when every competitive league in Yugoslavia had finished, in order...
winner: 1948-49 and 1949-50 with Red Star BelgradeRed Star BelgradeRed Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...
- 1 time Yugoslav First League