Miloš Beleslin (; 8 September 1901 – 7 March 1984) was a

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

Club career

Born in Sereg,

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, he started playing in

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Szegedi AK Szegedi Atlétikai Klub or shortly Szegedi AK was a Hungarian football club from the town of Szeged, Hungary. History Szegedi AK debuted in the 1926–27 season of the Hungarian League and finished in seventh place. The team played 22 seasons ...

. His played his first official match on May 5, 1917. In 1919 his parents moved to the city of

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...

in the

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and he joined

NAK Novi Sad Novosadski atletski klub (NAK) (Serbian Cyrillic: Новосадски атлетски клуб, НАК; hu, Újvidéki Athlétikai Club, UAC) was a football club from Novi Sad that existed from 1910 until 1945. History Formed in 1910 while Novi ...

. Later he would play with other Yugoslav top-league clubs,

SAND Subotica Subotičko atletičko nogometno društvo (SAND) (Serbian Cyrillic: Суботичко атлетичко ногометно друштво, САНД) was a football club based in Subotica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. It was formed in 1920. It participat ...

and

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 ...

. He played his last official match in 1939 on the day of his anniversary.Miloš Beleslin
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International career

Miloš Beleslin played 8 matches for the Yugoslavia national team having scored once. He was part of Yugoslavia's team at the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

, but he did not play in any matches. He received a call to represent Yugoslavia at the

1930 FIFA World Cup The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 to 30 July 1930. FIFA, football's international governing body, selected Uruguay as host nation ...

however as he was playing in Subotica, his representative subassociation, the Subotica Football Subassociation, boycotted the national team, not allowing him to travel to Uruguay. His final international was a May 1930 King Alexander's Cup against

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References

1901 births 1984 deaths Men's association football defenders Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Yugoslavia Szegedi AK players NAK Novi Sad players SAND Subotica players ŽAK Subotica players Yugoslav First League players {{Serbia-footy-defender-stub