Aleksandar Tomašević (

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: Александар Томашевић; 19 November 1908 – 21 February 1988) was a Serbian football player and

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Playing career

Tomašević was one of the best forwards in the Belgrade clubs in the period before the World War II, the star player of

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, national team striker and an excellent manager. He started playing in 1925 in

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. In 1928 moved to SK Soko and a year later the club was renamed into

where he'll stay for eleven years, until 1940, when because of a serious lesion of the meniscus, had to stop playing. He is remembered as an excellent technician and a very effective striker.

National team

Beside 23 matches for the Belgrade City selection, and one match for the Yugoslav B team, Tomašević played 12 matches for the Yugoslavia national football team having scored 8 goals. He mostly played as a striker or left midfielder. His debut was in Belgrade on 15 March 1931 against Greece (4-1 win) having scored a hat-trick. There was a darker period in his national team career that happened after in a match for the

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, in Sofia against Bulgaria (2-3 loss), he failed to materialize a penalty and was afterward absent from the national side for three years! His comeback was in a

realized in Athens in 1935 and was a perfect opportunity for him to demonstrate the unfairness of his absence, having shown great condition and scored three goals in two matches that much helped his side to win the tournament, whereas Tomašević himself was the best scorer (along with Tirnanić with 3 goals each). His last match was on 22 May 1938 in a friendly match against Italy in Genoa (0-4 loss).

Managerial career

After his injury, Tomašević continued to be attached to football getting significant results as a football manager. He was the main coach of Sarajevo's

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, Ljubljana's clubs Krim and Odred,

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and

Partizan Belgrade Jugoslovensko sportsko društvo Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Југословенско спортско друштво Партизан, lit=Yugoslav Sports Society Partizan), commonly abbreviated as JSD Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, ЈСД Партизан, link ...

but his main achievements were the two national cups with

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, one national championship with Hajduk Split and winning the promotion to the First League with Radnički Beograd. He also spend some time coaching in Greece.Playing, national team and managerial story
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Honours

As player: *Yugoslavia **1 time

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winner **1 time

top-scorer (equal with Tirnanić) As manager: **1 time

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, ...

Champion: 1954-55 with Hajduk Split **2 times

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winner: 1948-49 and 1949-50 with

References

External links

Profile in Serbian Federation website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tomasevic, Aleksandar Footballers from Belgrade Serbian footballers Yugoslav footballers Yugoslavia international footballers Yugoslav First League players SK Jedinstvo Beograd players FK BASK players Serbian football managers Yugoslav football managers Red Star Belgrade managers FK Vardar managers HNK Hajduk Split managers FK Partizan managers FK Sarajevo managers Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. managers Association football forwards Association football midfielders 1908 births 1988 deaths