Maksimilijan Mihelčič

Maksimilijan "Maks" Mihelčič (Serbian spelling - Максимилијан Михелчић; 29 July 1905 – 25 March 1958) was a Slovenian[2][3] football goalkeeper who represented the national team of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Maksimilijan Mihelčič

Personal information
Full name	Maksimilijan Mihelčič
Date of birth	(1905-07-29)29 July 1905
Place of birth	Ljubljana, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	25 March 1958(1958-03-25) (aged 52)[1]
Place of death	Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1922–1924	ŽŠK Hermes
1924–1934	HŠK Građanski Zagreb
1934–1938	HŠK Šparta
National team
1925–1931	Yugoslavia	18	(0)
Teams managed
1945–1947	Dinamo Zagreb (youth)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He began to play in the Ljubljana ŽŠK Hermes, and is celebrated on the goal HŠK Građanski Zagreb in whose jersey has won state championships 1926 and 1928. As keeper of the Civil, succeeded in the club and the team celebrated Dragutin "Karlek" Friedrich, and with Vrđuka, was the third major Yugoslav national team goalkeeper to 1930 year. That year he skipped the first World Cup in Uruguay due to political issues.[2] When in 1934 he left Građanski, defended the goal Spartak club in Zagreb appointees Power Station. Like other Slovenian footballer after Stanko Tavčar, he was a member of the Yugoslav national team and competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He played 18 games for the national team of Yugoslavia: the first one on 28 October 1925 against Czechoslovakia and the last one on 4 October 1931 against Bulgaria at the Balkan Cup. Mihelčič was a driver by profession, and after World War II was as a youth coach for Dinamo Zagreb.[4]