Mihalj Kečkeš (; 24 September 1913 – 31 December 1985) was a Yugoslav

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er.

Playing career

Club

Born in

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in 1913, then still within

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, he was a midfielder and he begin his career playing in

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. He also played with the other two pre-World War II

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...

clubs from Subotica,

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and ŽAK before signing with Jedinstvo Belgrade. In January 1937 there was a conflict between ŽAK and Jedinstvo because both clubs had registered the player at the

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which decided that his registration for Jedinstvo was the valid one.

International

After moving to Jedinstvo he became Yugoslavia national team player, having played two matches for the national team, one in 1937 and another one in 1938.Mihalj Kečkeš
at Reprezentacija.rs

Coaching career

After retiring he became a coach in his hometown city of Subotica, where he died in 1985. He was among the founders of FK Partizan Subotica in 1948 and a coach and a player in the club. He was also coach at FK Radnički Bajmok and FK Solid.FK Solid
at Sports Association of Subotica official website, retrieved 26-1-2014 He is sometimes referred to as ''Mihajlo Kečkeš''.

References

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* 1913 births 1985 deaths Footballers from Subotica Men's association football midfielders Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers FK Bačka 1901 players SAND Subotica players ŽAK Subotica players SK Jedinstvo Beograd players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav football managers {{Yugoslavia-bio-stub