Nikola Marjanović (footballer, born 1905)

Nikola Marjanović
Personal information
Full name Nikola Marjanović
Date of birth (1905-10-10)10 October 1905
Place of birth Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia
Date of death 6 March 1983(1983-03-06) (aged 77)
Place of death Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1920–1924 SK Jugoslavija
1924–1936 BSK Beograd 35 (13)
International career
1933 Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nikola Marjanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Марјановић; 10 October 1905 – 6 March 1983) was a Serbian football player and manager.[1]

Early life

Marjanović was born in Belgrade to a merchant father Dimitrije and a housewife mother Sofija. He grew up on the outskirts of Belgrade in 7 Đakovačka Street with his younger brother Blagoje "Moša".[2]

Playing career

Club career

He started his career in 1920 with SK Jugoslavija, where he played until 1924, when he moved to BSK Beograd and remained there until 1936. With BSK, he won four national championship titles (1931, 1933, 1935, and 1936).

International career

He was a non-playing member of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia national team (then known officially as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes) at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He made his first and only appearance for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia on 3 April 1933 against Spain in Belgrade when he replaced Svetislav Valjarević in the 40th minute.[3]

Post-playing career

He also worked as a coach, leading the youth of Partizan and Rad. He finished his sports career in 1940. As an employee of the Belgrade Electric Central, he retired on 1 May 1962.

References

  1. ^ OFK Beograd profile
  2. ^ Večernje novosti (16 May 2017). "Kopačke mamac za prelazak kod rivala" (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Nikola Marjanović, international football player". EU-football.info. Retrieved 24 November 2024.