| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Josip Takač | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1919-11-11)11 November 1919 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Subotica,Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 11 October 1991(1991-10-11) (aged 71) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Subotica,SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1933–1937 | ŽAK Subotica | ||||||||||||||||
| 1937–1942 | UTK Novi Sad | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1942–1944 | Újvideki AC | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1944–1945 | ŽAK Subotica | [1] 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1945–1948 | Spartak Subotica | 42 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 1948–1950 | Red Star Belgrade | 23 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 1951–1956 | Spartak Subotica | 92 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 163 | (17) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1948 | Yugoslavia Olympic | ||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| Bačka Bačka Palanka | |||||||||||||||||
| Sutjeska Nikšić | |||||||||||||||||
| 1961-1962 | Sloboda Tuzla | ||||||||||||||||
| 1963 | Iraklis Thessaloniki | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Josip Takač (Serbian Cyrillic:Јосип Такач,Hungarian:Takács József; 11 November 1919 – 11 October 1991) was aYugoslavfootballer.
Born inSubotica,[2] Takač started playing in 1933 with localŽAK Subotica.[2] In 1937 he moved toNovi Sad where he joined UTK (Újvidéki Textil SK)[2] a regular competitor in the first league of theNovi Sad Football Subassociation. With Second World War already started and the region occupied by Hungarian authorities, he joinsÚjvidékí AC in June 1942, the local club that was playing in theNemzeti Bajnokság I.[2] He played 3 seasons in Hungarian top level. However, in 1944 the season was interrupted as Hungary was losing the war, and Takač left UTC and Novi Sad and returned to his hometown, Subotica, where he rejoined his former team ŽAK.
As the region came back to Yugoslav authorities, ŽAK was merged with other local clubs and formedFK Spartak Subotica[2] in 1945. Takač will become one of its most influential players, and his skills got him to join powerhouseRed Star Belgrade in 1948.[2] In 1950 he will return to Subotica and rejoin Spartak.[2] He will finish his playing career in 1962. During his club career, he won 3Yugoslav Cup titles.
Takač will be the member of theYugoslav team that won silver at the1948 Summer Olympics,[3] but he did not play in any matches.[4]
Later he became a coach and managedBačka Bačka Palanka[5] and other clubs.
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