Stevan Jakuš (, , 24 December 1921 – 21 March 1985) was a Yugoslav

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Club career

Born in the outskirts of

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at Crno-bela nostalgija Jakuš started playing in NTK Novi Sad. When Second World War started and the region was occupied by Hungary, he was added to the Újvidékí AC. However, he made only one appearance for UAC in the

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before leaving the club and joining the resistance. By the end of the war he was a member of the

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. It is recorded that in Austria in May 1945 when Yugoslav and British troops met, a football match was disputed between the two and Jakuš played on Yugoslav side. After the war, Jakuš 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 ...

. Although he mostly played for the reserves team, he did made 6 appearances and scored once 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, ...

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/ref> and was part of Partizan squads that were Yugoslav champions in 1946–47 and 1948–49. In Autumn 1949 he moved to BSK, later renamed

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, and, later, in 1951, on insistence on his former teammate from Partizan, Minda Jovanović, he joined

FK Mačva Šabac Fudbalski klub Mačva Šabac () is a Serbian professional football club based in Šabac. One of the oldest football clubs in Serbia, their nickname is (). The nickname was used for the first time in 1927, when the Uruguay national football team ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jakus, Stevan 1921 births 1985 deaths Footballers from Novi Sad Hungarians in Vojvodina Yugoslav men's footballers Serbian men's footballers Hungarian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders RFK Novi Sad 1921 players NAK Novi Sad players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players FK Partizan players OFK Beograd players FK Mačva Šabac players Yugoslav First League players