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| Full name | Todor Veselinović | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1930-10-22)22 October 1930 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Novi Sad,Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 17 May 2017(2017-05-17) (aged 86) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Athens, Greece | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1953–1961 | Yugoslavia | 37 | (28) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Todor "Toza" Veselinović (Serbian Cyrillic:Тодор "Тоза" Веселиновић,pronounced[tôdorʋeselǐːnoʋitɕ]; 22 October 1930 – 17 May 2017) was a Serbianfootballer and coach. He was one of the most renowned goalscorers in Yugoslavian history. He was the last surviving member of Yugoslavia's 1954 World Cup squad.
He played for several clubs in his homeland and abroad. He established himself as one of the best strikers in former Yugoslavia. He was theYugoslav First League top scorer on four occasions. In total forVojvodina, he scored 586 goals, including unofficial games.[1] He also won a silver medal at the1956 Summer Olympics.[2][3] He also played forPartizan.[4]
At international level, he won 37 caps and scored 28 goals.[5] He played in the1954 FIFA World Cup and1958 FIFA World Cup,[6] scoring three goals in the latter tournament.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 28 March 1954 | Athens,Greece | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 2. | 28 November 1956 | Melbourne,Australia | 1–0 | 9–1 | 1956 Summer Olympics | |
| 3. | 8–1 | |||||
| 4. | 9–1 | |||||
| 5. | 4 December 1956 | 2–1 | 4–1 | |||
| 6. | 11 June 1958 | Västerås,Sweden | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1958 FIFA World Cup | |
| 7. | 3–2 | |||||
| 8. | 15 June 1958 | Eskilstuna, Sweden | 2–1 | 3–3 |
He later began a coaching career and managed several clubs, includingIndependiente Santa Fe in Colombia,Olympiacos in Greece, andFenerbahçe in Turkey. He won twoTurkish league titles (1985 and1989) with Fenerbahçe.
He also managedYugoslavia at the finals ofEuro 84 in France, where they lost all three of their games. Veselinović's time as Yugoslav manager was characterized by continuous tinkering and changing of his team selection. In two seasons at the helm, he used almost 60 players.