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Todor "Toza" Veselinović (, ; 22 October 1930 – 17 May 2017) was a Serbian
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and coach. He was one of the most renowned goalscorers in Yugoslavian history. Veselinović was the last surviving member of Yugoslavia's 1954 World Cup squad. He also won a silver medal at the
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Career


Playing career

At international level, he won 37 caps and scored 28 goals. He played in the
1954 FIFA World Cup The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerla ...
and
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, scoring three goals in the latter tournament. He played for several clubs in his homeland and abroad. He established himself as one of the best strikers in former Yugoslavia. He was 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, ...
top scorer on four occasions. In total for
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, he scored 586 goals, including unofficial games.


Coaching career

He later began a coaching career and managed several clubs, including
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in Colombia,
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in Greece, and Fenerbahçe in Turkey. He won two
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and 1989) with Fenerbahçe. He also managed
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at the finals of Euro 84 in France, where they lost all three of their games. Veselinović's time as Yugoslav manager was characterized by continuous tinkering and changing of his team selection. In two seasons at the helm, he used almost 60 players.


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