Todor Živanović (

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: Тодор Живановић; 27 September 1927 – 20 June 1978) was a

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player and a Yugoslav international. Born near

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in present-day

, Živanović first began playing for the small third level side FK Metalac Valjevo in the 1948–49 season. He then briefly joined top-level side

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with whom he spent the

1950 Yugoslav First League League table Results Top scorers Cup Qualification Partizan Beograd 4 - 1 Oktobar Kvarner Rijeka 0 - 1 Partizan (rest unknown) Round of Sixteen Partizan Beograd 5 - 1 Proleter Osijek X x - x X X x - x X X x - x X X x - x X BSK Be ...

season, before moving on to local giants

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...

in 1951. His six-year spell at Red Star was the most successful period of his career, during which he won the

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, 1952–53 and 1955–56 national titles. He was also the league's top goalscorer in the 1952–53 season, with 17 goals in 21 league appearances. He was also capped for the

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five times in 1950, all in friendlies. His debut came on 3 September 1950 in a 1–2 defeat against

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in Stockholm, in which manager

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sent him in instead of

Marko Valok Marko Valok ( sr-Cyrl, Марко Валок, ; born 5 March 1927) is a Serbian retired professional Association football, footballer who represented Yugoslavia national football team, Yugoslavia internationally. Playing career Napredak Kruševac ...

in the 74th minute. His last game for the national team came on 22 November against

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, in which he scored to make it 2–2, which was the final result. Živković retired from playing in 1956, and died on 20 June 1978 in Belgrade.

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