Nikola Marjanović ( sr-cyr, Никола Марјановић; 10 October 1905 – 6 March 1983) was a Serbian football player and manager.OFK Beograd profile
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Early life

Marjanović was born in Belgrade to a merchant father Dimitrije and housewife mother Sofija. He grew up on the outskirts of Belgrade in 7 Đakovačka Street with his younger brother Blagoje "Moša".

Playing career

Club career

He started his career in 1920 with

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, where he played until 1924, when he moved to

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and remained there until 1936. With BSK, he won four national championship titles (

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, 1933, 1935 and

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International career

He was a non-playing member of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia national team (then known officially as the

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) at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He made his first and only appearance for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia on 3 April 1933 against

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in Belgrade, when he replaced

Svetislav Valjarević Svetislav Valjarević (; 9 July 1911 – 22 September 1996) was a Serbian footballer. Career He started playing in the youth team of BSK Belgrade, however when he graduated the Military Academy, he was sent to service to Zagreb in 1930 where he ...

in the 40th minute.

Post-playing career

He also worked as a coach, leading the youth of

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and Rad. He finished his sports career in 1940. As an employee of the Belgrade Electric Central, he retired on 1 May 1962.

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Nikola Marjanović
at Reprezentacija.rs {{DEFAULTSORT:Marjanovic, Nikola 1905 births 1983 deaths Footballers from Belgrade Yugoslav men's footballers Serbian men's footballers OFK Beograd players Yugoslav football managers Serbian football managers Yugoslavia men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Yugoslavia Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Yugoslav First League players Men's association football forwards FK Partizan non-playing staff