Mihalj Mesaroš

Mihalj Mesaroš (Serbian Cyrillic: Михаљ Месарош, Hungarian: Mészáros Mihály; 27 July 1935 – 18 April 2017) was a Yugoslav/Serbian footballer.

Mihalj Mesaroš
Personal information
Date of birth (1935-07-27)27 July 1935
Place of birth Novi Bečej, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death 18 April 2017(2017-04-18) (aged 81)
Place of death United States
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19xx–19xx Jedinstvo Novi Bečej
19xx–1953 Proleter Zrenjanin
1953–1958 Partizan 43 (10)
1958–1960 OFK Beograd 0 (0)
1960–1964 Sloboda Tuzla
1964–1965 Trikala F.C. 8 (5)
1965–1966 Rijeka 0 (0)
1966–1967 Sloboda Tuzla
1967 Los Angeles Toros 16 (3)
1968 San Diego Toros 32 (9)
1968–1969 Rijeka 0 (0)
1970–1971 Proleter Zrenjanin
1974 San Jose Earthquakes 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Born in Novi Bečej and nicknamed "Meske"[1] he started his career at local side FK Jedinstvo Novi Bečej from where he moved to FK Proleter Zrenjanin playing back then in the Yugoslav Second League.[1] Then he moves to the capital Belgrade and joins FK Partizan. He played 127 games and scored 57 goals for the black&whites, 43 games and 10 goals in the Yugoslav First League.[2] Next he played for OFK Beograd, NK Rijeka and FK Sloboda Tuzla. In 1968, he moved to the United States and played with Los Angeles Toros in the NPSL,[3] and next season the club changed its name to San Diego Toros and played in the NASL.[3] Afterwards he returned to Yugoslavia and in 1974 he was back to the United States, this time playing with San Jose Earthquakes in the NASL.[3]

References
  1. Pokloni u 2012. godini Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine at municipality of Novi Bečej official website, retrieved 29-11-2014 (in Serbian)
  2. All-time players #597 at FK Partizan official website, retrieved 29-11-2014
  3. Mihalj Meszaros at NASLjerseys.com

External sources


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