Josip Takač (, ; 11 November 1919 – 1991) was a Yugoslav footballer.

Club career

Born in Subotica,Takács József
at magyarfutball.hu, retrieved 18-7-2019 Takač started playing in 1933 with local ŽAK Subotica. In 1937 he moved to

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where he joined UTK (Újvidéki Textil SK) a regular competitor in the first league of the Novi Sad Football Subassociation. With Second World War already started and the region occupied by Hungarian authorities, he joins Újvidékí AC in June 1942, the local club that was playing in the

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. He played 3 seasons in Hungarian top level. However, in 1944 the season was interrupted as Hungary was losing the war, and Takač left UTC and Novi Sad and returned to his hometown, Subotica, where he rejoined his former team ŽAK. As the region came back to Yugoslav authorities, ŽAK was merged with other local clubs and formed FK Spartak Subotica in 1945. Takač will become one of its most influential players, and his skills got him to join powerhouse

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in 1948. In 1950 he will return to Subotica and rejoin Spartak. He will finish his playing career in 1962. During his club career, he won 3

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...

titles.

International career

Takač will be the member of the Yugoslav team that won silver at the

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, but he did not play in any matches.

Coaching career

Later he became a coach and managed Bačka Bačka PalankaBook: "Deset Godina Sporta u Bačkoj Palanci 1945 - 55", pag. 8, and other clubs.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Takac, Josip 1919 births 1991 deaths Footballers from Subotica Hungarians in Vojvodina Yugoslav men's footballers Serbian men's footballers Hungarian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders ŽAK Subotica players NAK Novi Sad players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players FK Spartak Subotica players Red Star Belgrade footballers Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav football managers Serbian football managers FK Sutjeska Nikšić managers