Playing career
Club
He started playing in the youth teams of his home town club FK Bačka 1901. 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.International
After having moved to Partizan, he played for the Yugoslavia 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).Managerial 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 1962Honours
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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jakovetic, Lajos 1922 births 2003 deaths Footballers from Subotica Men's association football defenders Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers FK Spartak Subotica players FK Partizan players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav football managers FK Spartak Subotica managers