Jovan Beleslin
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Jovan Beleslin is a Serbia
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 former Association football player.

A strong full-back
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 with excellent header, he started playing with ŽAK Subotica but his best years were spent while playing for BSK Belgrade
OFK Beograd
Omladinski fudbalski klub Beograd, commonly referred to as OFK Beograd , is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia, more precisely from the Karaburma urban neighborhood. It currently is the oldest team playing in the Serbian SuperLiga. The name means "Youth Football Club Belgrade" in Serbian...

 between 1938 and 1945. After WWII, he played for Spartak Subotica and Belgrade clubs Red Star
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...

, Partizan
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...

 and SD Milicionar
FK Milicionar Beograd
FK Milicionar was a Serbian football team based in Belgrade. Ran by Serbian Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs, they were formerly a Yugoslav First League team, but owing to financial problems they were forced to quit professional football in 2001 by merging into FK Radnički Obrenovac.The club...

 where in 1950 he finished his career as a player/manager.

He played one match for the Yugoslavia national football team
Yugoslavia 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...

, on November 12, 1939, in a friendly match against Hungary (a 2-0 loss) played in Belgrade.

He was also a football referee between 1952 and 1968.
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