Josip Takač (, ; 11 November 1919 – 1991) was a Yugoslav

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er.

Club career

Born in

Subotica Subotica (, ; , , ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city in Central Europe and the administrative center of the North Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Formerly the largest city of Vojvodina region, contemporary Sub ...

,Takács József
at magyarfutball.hu, retrieved 18-7-2019 Takač started playing in 1933 with local

ŽAK Subotica ŽAK Subotica (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: ЖАК Суботица) was a Association football, football club based in Subotica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The club was formed in 1921 and the name comes from the initials of ''Železni� ...

. In 1937 he moved to

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where he joined UTK (Újvidéki Textil SK) a regular competitor in the first league of the Novi Sad Football Subassociation. With Second World War already started and the region occupied by Hungarian authorities, he joins Újvidékí AC in June 1942, the local club that was playing in the

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. He played 3 seasons in Hungarian top level. However, in 1944 the season was interrupted as Hungary was losing the war, and Takač left UTC and Novi Sad and returned to his hometown, Subotica, where he rejoined his former team ŽAK. As the region came back to Yugoslav authorities, ŽAK was merged with other local clubs and formed

FK Spartak Subotica Fudbalski klub Spartak Ždrepčeva Krv () is a professional football club from Subotica, Serbia, that plays in the Serbian SuperLiga. The club was founded in 1945 and was named after Jovan Mikić Spartak, the leader of the Partisans in Subotic ...

in 1945. Takač will become one of its most influential players, and his skills got him to join powerhouse

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in 1948. In 1950 he will return to Subotica and rejoin Spartak. He will finish his playing career in 1962. During his club career, he won 3

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titles.

International career

Takač will be the member of the Yugoslav team that won silver at the

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, but he did not play in any matches.

Coaching career

Later he became a coach and managed Bačka Bačka PalankaBook: "Deset Godina Sporta u Bačkoj Palanci 1945 - 55", pag. 8, and other clubs.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Takac, Josip 1919 births 1991 deaths Footballers from Subotica Hungarians in Vojvodina Yugoslav men's footballers Serbian men's footballers Hungarian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders ŽAK Subotica players NAK Novi Sad players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players FK Spartak Subotica players Red Star Belgrade footballers Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav football managers Serbian football managers FK Sutjeska Nikšić managers 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen