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Mihalj Kečkeš
Personal information
Date of birth	24 September 1913
Place of birth	Subotica, Austro-Hungary
Date of death	31 December 1985 (aged 72)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Bačka 1901
	SAND
1936-1937	ŽAK
1937-1939	Jedinstvo Belgrade
	Partizan Subotica
International career
1937–1938	Yugoslavia
Managerial career
	Partizan Subotica
	Radnički Bajmok
	Solid
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mihalj Kečkeš (Serbian Cyrillic: Михаљ Кечкеш; 24 September 1913 – 31 December 1985) was a Yugoslav footballer.

Playing career

Club

Born in Subotica^[1] in 1913, then still within Austro-Hungary, he was a midfielder and he begin his career playing in FK Bačka 1901. He also played with the other two pre-World War II Yugoslav First League clubs from Subotica, SAND and ŽAK before signing with Jedinstvo Belgrade. In January 1937 there was a conflict between ŽAK and Jedinstvo because both clubs had registered the player at the Football Association of Yugoslavia which decided that his registration for Jedinstvo was the valid one.^[2]

International

After moving to Jedinstvo he became Yugoslavia national team player, having played two matches for the national team, one in 1937 and another one in 1938.^[3]

Coaching career

After retiring he became a coach in his hometown city of Subotica, where he died in 1985.^[3] He was among the founders of FK Partizan Subotica in 1948 and a coach and a player in the club.^[4] He was also coach at FK Radnički Bajmok^[5] and FK Solid.^[6] He is sometimes referred to as Mihajlo Kečkeš.

References

^ Mihalj Kečkeš at National-Football-Teams.com
^ Sportista, n1023, Belgrade 13 January 1937, page 1
^ ^a ^b Mihalj Kečkeš at Reprezentacija.rs
^ FK Partizan Subotica at Sports Association of Subotica official website, retrieved 26-1-2014 (in Serbian)
^ FK Radnički Bajmok at Sports Association of Subotica official website, retrieved 26-1-2014 (in Serbian)
^ FK Solid at Sports Association of Subotica official website, retrieved 26-1-2014 (in Serbian)