Lajoš Jakovetić (; 45 November 1922 - 27 January 2003) was a

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international,

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player and manager.

Playing career

He started playing in the youth teams of his home town club

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. He represented the region of Vojvodina at the first season that was played after the end of the Second World War, that was played in a particular way, being the players distributed by the internal republics and autonomous provinces. That was the only season played in that peculiar way, returning the league to its normal clubs format in the next, 1946-47 season. He was playing in his hometown club Spartak Subotica. In 1948, he moved to Partizan where he played until 1952, having won the 1948–49 championship. Afterwards, he returned to Spartak where he played until 1957, when he ended his playing career.

National team

After having moved to Partizan, he played for the Yugoslav national team four times. His debut was on 21 August 1949 in Belgrade against Israel (a 6-0 win) and his last match was on 13 November of the same year, also in Belgrade, against Austria (this time a 5-2 defeat).

Manager career

He was the manager of the club where he started and ended his playing career, Spartak Subotica, having managed to take them to the 1962

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final where they lost 4-1 against the much bigger

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. Until today, that is considered to be one of the greatest achievements of Spartak Subotica.Playing, national team and manager story
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Honours

Player

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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, ...

(1): 1948-49

References

External links

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