Svetislav Valjarević (; 9 July 1911 – 22 September 1996) was a Serbian

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er.

Career

He started playing in the youth team of

BSK Belgrade 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, ...

, however when he graduated the Military Academy, he was sent to service to

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in 1930 where he joined

HŠK Concordia HŠK Concordia was a Croatian football club formed in Zagreb. The club was founded as the Srednjoškolski športski klub in 1906. By the end of the First World War the club had played many matches with both domestic and foreign clubs. After the wa ...

. A year later after arriving, he won the

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and was the league top-scorer. Specially noted for his great game vision and dangerous shot, he usually played in the position of right midfielder. When he went to the army conscription to

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...

, he started playing for

in the 1937-38 season winning, the 1938-39 Championship. He is remembered as one of the best players of the period when his club, BSK, was dominating the Yugoslav football in the late 1930s.

International career

Beside one match played for the B team, the six matches for the City of Zagreb team and nine for the City of Belgrade team, he played 12 matches for

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having scored four times. His debut was on 30 April 1933 in Belgrade against Spain, and his last match was also in Belgrade, on 23 March 1941, against Hungary, that ended drow and he scored the only goal for Yugoslavia.NT story
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Honours

Concordia Zagreb *

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, ...

: 1931–32 Individual *

top-scorer: 1931–32 (10 goals) BSK Belgrade *

: 1938–39

References

External links

Profile in Serbian Federation website
* 1911 births 1996 deaths Footballers from Belgrade Serbian footballers Yugoslav footballers Yugoslavia international footballers HŠK Concordia players OFK Beograd players Yugoslav First League players Association football midfielders {{Serbia-footy-midfielder-stub