Momčilo Đokić (; 27 February 1911 – 21 April 1983) was a

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player and manager.

Career

Known as Gusar, Đokić is remembered as one of the best wingers in the

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) ...

between the two world wars. He started playing in the youth team of

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Beogradski sokolovi page 48 In 1921 he joined

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where he will play for the rest of his career. He started playing for the senior team in 1928, and would play, mostly as left-winger, all the way until 1940. He played a total of 13 matches for the

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. His debut was on 13 April 1930 against Bulgaria, in Belgrade, a 6–1 win, and his fairway match was on 13 December 1936, in Paris against France, a 1–0 loss. He played all the matches at the

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in Uruguay. After retiring, he graduated in Business, and worked in several places in the former Yugoslavia, mostly in Serbia, where in some he simultaneously worked as a coach in clubs like

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and

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* 1)https://web.archive.org/web/20161223041909/http://exyufudbal.in.rs/igraci/article/288 1911 births 1983 deaths Footballers from Smederevo Men's association football wingers Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers 1930 FIFA World Cup players SK Jugoslavija players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav football managers FK Radnički Niš managers {{Serbia-footy-bio-stub