Svetislav Valjarević
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Svetislav Valjarević( born 9 July 1911 in Belgrade
– death 22 September 1996 in Vernon
) was a Serbia
n Yugoslavia
international football player.
´s HŠK Concordia
, where he played since 1930, and in the next season won the national Championship and was the league top-scorer. Specially noted for his great game vision and dangerous shot, he usually played in the position of right midfielder. When he went to the army conscription to Belgrade
, he started playing for BSK Belgrade in the 1937-38 season winning, the 1938-39 Championship. He is remembered as one of the best players of the period when his club, BSK, was dominating the Yugoslav football in the late 1930s.
having scored four times. His debut was on 30 April 1933 in Belgrade against Spain, and his last match was also in Belgrade, in 23 March 1941, against Hungary, that ended drow and he scored the only goal for Yugoslavia.
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
– death 22 September 1996 in Vernon
Vernon
-USA:*Vernon, Alabama*Vernon, California*Lake Vernon, California*Vernon, Colorado*Vernon, Connecticut*Vernon, Florida*Vernon, Illinois*Vernon, Indiana*Vernon Parish, Louisiana*Vernon, Michigan...
) was 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 Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
international football player.
Career
He became famous while playing in ZagrebZagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
´s HŠK Concordia
HŠK Concordia
HŠK Concordia was a Croatian football club formed in Zagreb. The club was founded asthe Srednjoškolski športski klub in 1906.By the end of the First World War the club had played many matches with both domestic and foreign clubs...
, where he played since 1930, and in the next season won the national Championship and was the league top-scorer. Specially noted for his great game vision and dangerous shot, he usually played in the position of right midfielder. When he went to the army conscription to Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, he started playing for BSK Belgrade in the 1937-38 season winning, the 1938-39 Championship. He is remembered as one of the best players of the period when his club, BSK, was dominating the Yugoslav football in the late 1930s.
National team
Beside one match played for the B team, the six matches for the City of Zagreb team and nine for the City of Belgrade team, he played 12 matches for 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 four times. His debut was on 30 April 1933 in Belgrade against Spain, and his last match was also in Belgrade, in 23 March 1941, against Hungary, that ended drow and he scored the only goal for Yugoslavia.
Honours
- Concordia Zagreb
- 1 time Yugoslav First LeagueYugoslav First LeagueThe Yugoslav First League was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and socialist Yugoslavia...
Champion: 1931-32 - 1 time Yugoslav First LeagueYugoslav First LeagueThe Yugoslav First League was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and socialist Yugoslavia...
top-scorer: 1931-32 ( 10 goals )
- 1 time Yugoslav First League
- BSK Belgrade
- 1 time Yugoslav First LeagueYugoslav First LeagueThe Yugoslav First League was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and socialist Yugoslavia...
Champion: 1938-39
- 1 time Yugoslav First League