Jovan Beleslin (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, th ...

: Јован Белеслин; born 1 October 1919) is a

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

n former

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

player. He was born in Hungary. A strong full-back with excellent header, he started playing with

ŽAK Subotica ŽAK Subotica (Serbian Cyrillic: ЖAK Cубoтицa) was a football club based in Subotica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The club was formed in 1921 and the name comes from the initials of ''Železničarski atletski klub'' derived from the fact that th ...

when he got registered for the senior team in May 1937. His best years were spent while playing for

BSK Belgrade OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club'') is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade, more precisely in Karaburma, ...

between 1938 and 1945. After World War II, he played for Spartak Subotica and Belgrade clubs

Red Star A red star, five-pointed and filled, is a symbol that has often historically been associated with communist ideology, particularly in combination with the hammer and sickle, but is also used as a purely socialist symbol in the 21st century. I ...

Partizan Partizan may refer to: Sport * JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs: **AK Partizan, athletics ** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling ** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo **FK Partizan, association fo ...

and SD Milicionar where in 1950 he finished his career as a player/manager. He played one match for the

Yugoslavia national football team The Yugoslavia national football team; hr, Jugoslavenska nogometna reprezentacija; sl, Jugoslovanska nogometna reprezentanca; mk, Фудбалска репрезентација на Југославија, Fudbalska reprezentacija na Jugosl ...

, on November 12, 1939, in a friendly match against Hungary (a 2-0 loss) played in Belgrade.Career story
at Reprezentacija.rs He was also a football referee between 1952 and 1968.

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1919 births Possibly living people Serbian footballers Yugoslav footballers Yugoslavia international footballers ŽAK Subotica players FK Spartak Subotica players OFK Beograd players Red Star Belgrade footballers FK Partizan players FK Milicionar players Association football defenders Immigrants to Yugoslavia Hungarian emigrants {{Serbia-footy-defender-stub