Mihalj Kečkeš (; 24 September 1913 – 31 December 1985) was a Yugoslav

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er. Born in

Subotica Subotica ( sr-cyrl, Суботица, ; hu, Szabadka) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the North Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Formerly the largest city of Vojvodina region, ...

in 1913, then still within

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, he was a midfielder and he begin his career playing in

FK Bačka 1901 FK Bačka 1901 () is a football club from Subotica in Bačka, Serbia. It is the longest running club in Serbia and also the oldest within the former Yugoslavia. Founded in 1901 in Subotica, the club's colors are red and white, while the club's ...

. He also played with the other two pre-World War II

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

clubs from Subotica,

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and ŽAK before signing with Jedinstvo Belgrade. In January 1937 there was a conflict between ŽAK and Jedinstvo because both clubs had registered the player at the

Football Association of Yugoslavia The Football Association of Yugoslavia (FSJ) ( sr, Фудбалски савез Југославије, Fudbalski savez Jugoslavije, hr, Nogometni savez Jugoslavije; bs, Fudbalski savez Jugoslavije; sl, Nogometna zveza Jugoslavije; mk, Фуд ...

which decided that his registration for Jedinstvo was the valid one. After moving to Jedinstvo he became Yugoslav national team player, having played two matches for the national team, one in 1937 and another one in 1938.Mihalj Kečkeš
at Reprezentacija.rs After retiring he became a coach in his hometown city of Subotica, where he died in 1985. He was among the founders of FK Partizan Subotica in 1948 and a coach and a player in the club. He was also coach at FK Radnički Bajmok and FK Solid.FK Solid
at Sports Association of Subotica official website, retrieved 26-1-2014 He is sometimes referred to as ''Mihajlo Kečkeš''.

References

1913 births 1985 deaths Sportspeople from Subotica Yugoslav footballers Yugoslavia international footballers Association football midfielders FK Bačka 1901 players SAND Subotica players ŽAK Subotica players SK Jedinstvo Beograd players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav football managers {{Yugoslavia-bio-stub