| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1912-12-25)25 December 1912 | ||
| Place of birth | Orašje,Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina,Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 25 February 2000(2000-02-25) (aged 87) | ||
| Place of death | Zagreb, Croatia | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1928–1931 | Concordia Zagreb | ||
| 1931–1932 | Grasshoppers | ||
| 1932–1935 | Građanski Zagreb | 37 | (27) |
| 1935–1938 | Racing Paris | ||
| 1938 | CA Paris | ||
| 1938–1939 | Sochaux | 6 | (3) |
| International career | |||
| 1931–1935 | Kingdom of Yugoslavia | 15 | (15) |
| 1940 | Banovina of Croatia | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Aleksandar Živković (25 December 1912[1] – 25 February 2000) was a Croatian footballer. Domestically, he played for Croatian clubsConcordia Zagreb andGrađanski Zagreb, while abroad he played forGrasshopper Club Zürich andRCF Paris,CA Paris andFC Sochaux-Montbéliard.[citation needed]
He was one of the top goalscorers in theRoyal Yugoslavian championship with 34 goals from 1929 to 1935,[2]
Živković was capped 15 times for theYugoslavia national team and once for theCroatia national team in 1940.
Živković was one of seven Croatian players to boycott the Yugoslavia national team at the1930 FIFA World Cup after theFootball Association of Yugoslavia was moved fromZagreb toBelgrade. Živković made his international debut on 2 August 1931 (aged 18 years 7 months 8 days) againstCzechoslovakia and scored the opening goal of a 2–1 win.[3] Živković was the top scorer at the 1932Balkan Cup, with five goals.[4] He was also part of the Yugoslavia team that won the1935 Balkan Cup, contributing with 2 goals.[5] With 10 goals in the Balkan Cup, he is the shared thirdall-time top goal scorer in the competition's history, alongsideAsen Panchev who also has 10, and only behind Bulgaria'sLjubomir Angelov (14) and Romania'sIuliu Bodola (15).
During theSecond World War, Živković had served as a diplomat in theIndependent State of Croatia's embassies inBerlin andBudapest. In 1945, after the war, he migrated toSouth Africa, where he lived until 1993, when he moved back to the newly independentRepublic of Croatia. He died inZagreb in 2000, aged 87, and was interred inMirogoj cemetery.[6]
List of international goals scored by Aleksandar Živković[7]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2 August 1931 | Stadion SK Jugoslavija,Belgrade, Yugoslavia |  Czechoslovakia | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 2. | 26 June 1932 | Beogradski SK Stadium,Belgrade, Yugoslavia |  Greece | 5–1 | 7–1 | 1932 Balkan Cup |
| 3. | 6–1 | |||||
| 4. | 30 June 1932 | Beogradski SK Stadium,Belgrade, Yugoslavia |  Bulgaria | 1–3 | 2–3 | |
| 5. | 2–3 | |||||
| 6. | 4 July 1932 | Beogradski SK Stadium,Belgrade, Yugoslavia |  Romania | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
| 7. | 9 October 1932 | Stadion Letná,Prague, Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 1–1 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 8. | 3 June 1933 | Stadionul ONEF,Bucharest, Romania | Greece | 3–1 | 5–3 | 1933 Balkan Cup |
| 9. | 5–2 | |||||
| 10. | 7 June 1933 | ONEF Stadium,Bucharest, Romania | Bulgaria | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
| 11. | 1 April 1934 | Beogradski SK Stadium,Belgrade, Yugoslavia | Bulgaria | 2–1 | 2–3 | Friendly |
| 12. | 3 August 1930 | Yunak Stadium,Sofia, Bulgaria | Greece | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1935 Balkan Cup |
| 13. | 4–1 | |||||
| 14. | 18 August 1935 | Stadion Wojska Polskiego,Warsaw, Poland |  Poland | 1–2 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 15. | 2–2 |
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