Todor Veselinović

Todor "Toza" Veselinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Тодор "Тоза" Веселиновић, pronounced [tôdor ʋeselǐːnoʋitɕ]; 22 October 1930 – 17 May 2017) was a Serbian footballer and coach. He was one of the most renowned goalscorers in Yugoslavian national team history.

Todor Veselinović
Personal information
Full name Todor Veselinović
Date of birth (1930-10-22)22 October 1930
Place of birth Novi Sad, Kingdom of 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(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19481950 Sloga Novi Sad 4 (0)
19511952 Vojvodina 22 (7)
19521953 Partizan Belgrade 22 (15)
19531961 Vojvodina 170 (123)
19611962 Sampdoria 15 (4)
19621964 First Vienna 40 (15)
19641965 R. Union Saint-Gilloise 10 (1)
19651967 Austria Klagenfurt 49 (5)
19671968 Proleter Zrenjanin 9 (0)
Total 341 (170)
National team
19531961 Yugoslavia 37 (28)
Teams managed
19681969 Austria Klagenfurt
19691971 Independiente Santa Fe
19721973 Colombia
1974 El Nacional
19741977 Vojvodina
19771980 Olympiacos
1981 Levante
1982 Millonarios
19821984 Yugoslavia
19841985 Fenerbahçe
19851986 Apollon Smyrnis
1986 Catanzaro
19861987 Diagoras
19871988 AEK Athens
19881990 Fenerbahçe
19901991 Gaziantepspor
1991 Bakırköyspor
19921993 Karşıyaka
1997 Fenerbahçe
19971998 Ethnikos Piraeus
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Playing career

At international level, he won 37 caps and scored 28 goals. He played in the 1954 FIFA World Cup and 1958 FIFA World Cup, scoring three goals in the latter tournament. He played for several clubs in his homeland and abroad. He established himself as one of the best strikers in former Yugoslavia. He was the Yugoslav First League top scorer on four occasions.

Coaching career

He later began a coaching career and managed several clubs, including Independiente Santa Fe in Colombia, Olympiacos in Greece, and Fenerbahçe in Turkey. He won two Turkish league titles (1985 and 1989) with Fenerbahçe.

He also managed Yugoslavia at the finals of Euro 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.

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