Mihalj Mesaroš (, ; 27 July 1935 – 18 April 2017) was a Yugoslav/

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Career

Born in

Novi Bečej Novi Bečej (, hu, Törökbecse) is a town and municipality located in the Central Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 13,133, while Novi Bečej municipality has 23,925 inhabitants. Nam ...

and nicknamed "Meske"Pokloni u 2012. godini
at municipality of Novi Bečej official website, retrieved 29-11-2014 he started his career at local side FK Jedinstvo Novi Bečej from where he moved to

FK Proleter Zrenjanin Fudbalski klub Proleter Zrenjanin () is a football club from the city of Zrenjanin, Vojvodina, Serbia. History Early period Soon after World War II, the club almost achieved promotion to the Yugoslav Second League after finishing top of the r ...

playing back then in the

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. Then he moves to the capital Belgrade and joins

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; en, Partizan Football Club), sometimes known as Partizan Belgrade in English, is a Serbia, Serbian professional football club (association football), football ...

. He played 127 games and scored 57 goals for the black&whites, 43 games and 10 goals in the

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, ...

.All-time players #597
at FK Partizan official website, retrieved 29-11-2014 Next he played for

OFK Beograd 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, ...

NK Rijeka Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka ( en, Croatian Football Club Rijeka), commonly referred to as NK Rijeka or simply Rijeka, is a Croatian professional football club from the city of Rijeka. HNK Rijeka compete in Croatia's top division, HT Prva lig ...

and

FK Sloboda Tuzla Fudbalski klub Sloboda Tuzla ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Слободa Tyзла; English: Football Club Sloboda Tuzla) is a Bosnian professional football club based in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The English translation of the team ...

. In 1968, he moved to the United States and played with

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in the NPSL,Mihalj Meszaros
at NASLjerseys.com and next season the club changed its name to San Diego Toros and played in the NASL. Afterwards he returned to Yugoslavia and in 1974 he was back to the United States, this time playing with

San Jose Earthquakes The San Jose Earthquakes are an American professional soccer team based in San Jose, California. The Earthquakes compete as a member club of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). Originally as the San Jose Clash, the franchise ...

in the NASL.

References

External links

Mihalj Meszaros
at naslsoccer.blogspot.com 1935 births 2017 deaths People from Novi Bečej Footballers from Central Banat District Serbian men's footballers Yugoslav men's footballers Men's association football forwards FK Proleter Zrenjanin players FK Partizan players OFK Beograd players FK Sloboda Tuzla players HNK Rijeka players Yugoslav First League players Los Angeles Toros players San Diego Toros players San Jose Earthquakes (1974–1988) players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in the United States {{Serbia-footy-forward-stub