Mihalj Mesaroš

Mihalj Mesaroš (Serbian Cyrillic: Михаљ Месарош, Hungarian: Mészáros Mihály; 27 July 1935 – 18 April 2017) was a Yugoslav/Serbian footballer.

Mihalj Mesaroš

Personal information
Date of birth	(1935-07-27)27 July 1935
Place of birth	Novi Bečej, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death	18 April 2017(2017-04-18) (aged 81)
Place of death	United States
Playing position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
19xx–19xx	Jedinstvo Novi Bečej
19xx–1953	Proleter Zrenjanin
1953–1958	Partizan	43	(10)
1958–1960	OFK Beograd	0	(0)
1960–1964	Sloboda Tuzla
1964–1965	Trikala F.C.	8	(5)
1965–1966	Rijeka	0	(0)
1966–1967	Sloboda Tuzla
1967	Los Angeles Toros	16	(3)
1968	San Diego Toros	32	(9)
1968–1969	Rijeka	0	(0)
1970–1971	Proleter Zrenjanin
1974	San Jose Earthquakes	4	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Born in Novi Bečej and nicknamed "Meske"[1] he started his career at local side FK Jedinstvo Novi Bečej from where he moved to FK Proleter Zrenjanin playing back then in the Yugoslav Second League.[1] Then he moves to the capital Belgrade and joins FK Partizan. He played 127 games and scored 57 goals for the black&whites, 43 games and 10 goals in the Yugoslav First League.[2] Next he played for OFK Beograd, NK Rijeka and FK Sloboda Tuzla. In 1968, he moved to the United States and played with Los Angeles Toros in the NPSL,[3] and next season the club changed its name to San Diego Toros and played in the NASL.[3] Afterwards he returned to Yugoslavia and in 1974 he was back to the United States, this time playing with San Jose Earthquakes in the NASL.[3]

References

1. Pokloni u 2012. godini Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine at municipality of Novi Bečej official website, retrieved 29-11-2014 (in Serbian)
2. All-time players #597 at FK Partizan official website, retrieved 29-11-2014
3. Mihalj Meszaros at NASLjerseys.com

External sources

• Mihalj Meszaros at naslsoccer.blogspot.com