Todor Veselinović facts for kids
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| Full name | Todor Veselinović | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 October 1930 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Novi Sad, Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 17 May 2017 (aged 86) | |||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Athens, Greece | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Striker | |||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||||||
| 1948–1950 | Sloga Novi Sad | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 1951–1952 | Vojvodina | 22 | (7) | |||||||||||||
| 1952–1953 | Partizan | 22 | (15) | |||||||||||||
| 1953–1961 | Vojvodina | 170 | (123) | |||||||||||||
| 1961–1962 | Sampdoria | 15 | (4) | |||||||||||||
| 1962–1964 | First Vienna | 40 | (15) | |||||||||||||
| 1964–1965 | Union SG | 10 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| 1965–1967 | Austria Klagenfurt | 49 | (5) | |||||||||||||
| 1967–1968 | Proleter Zrenjanin | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| Total | 341 | (170) | ||||||||||||||
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| 1953–1961 | Yugoslavia | 37 | (28) | |||||||||||||
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| 1968–1969 | Austria Klagenfurt | |||||||||||||||
| 1969–1971 | Independiente Santa Fe | |||||||||||||||
| 1972–1973 | Colombia | |||||||||||||||
| 1974 | El Nacional | |||||||||||||||
| 1974–1977 | Vojvodina | |||||||||||||||
| 1977–1980 | Olympiacos | |||||||||||||||
| 1981 | Levante | |||||||||||||||
| 1982 | Millonarios | |||||||||||||||
| 1982–1984 | Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||
| 1984–1985 | Fenerbahçe | |||||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | Apollon Athens | |||||||||||||||
| 1986 | Catanzaro | |||||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | Diagoras | |||||||||||||||
| 1987–1988 | AEK Athens | |||||||||||||||
| 1988–1990 | Fenerbahçe | |||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Gaziantepspor | |||||||||||||||
| 1991 | Bakırköyspor | |||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Karşıyaka | |||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Independiente Santa Fe | |||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Fenerbahçe | |||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Ethnikos Piraeus | |||||||||||||||
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Todor "Toza" Veselinović (born October 22, 1930, died May 17, 2017) was a famous Serbian football player and coach. He was known as one of the best goal scorers in the history of Yugoslavian football. He was also the last living player from Yugoslavia's team at the 1954 World Cup.
Todor Veselinović's Football Journey
Playing as a Top Striker
Todor Veselinović played for his country, Yugoslavia, 37 times. He scored 28 goals for the national team. He was part of the team in the 1954 FIFA World Cup and the 1958 FIFA World Cup. In the 1958 tournament, he scored three goals.
He played for several football clubs both in his home country and abroad. He became known as one of the best strikers in the former Yugoslavia. He was the top goal scorer in the Yugoslav First League four different times. For his main club, Vojvodina, he scored an amazing 586 goals in total, including unofficial games. He also won a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Becoming a Football Coach
After his playing career, Todor Veselinović became a football coach. He managed many different clubs around the world. These included Independiente Santa Fe in Colombia and Olympiacos in Greece. He also coached Fenerbahçe in Turkey. With Fenerbahçe, he won two Turkish league titles in 1985 and 1989.
He also coached the Yugoslavia national team. He led them in the Euro 84 tournament in France.
