Silvester Šereš

Silvester Šereš
Personal information
Date of birth (1918-03-07)7 March 1918
Place of birth Temerin, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 20 January 2000(2000-01-20) (aged 81)
Place of death Temerin, FR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Left winger
Youth career
Temerini TC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1943–1944 Újvidéki AC 29 (12)
1945 MTK 5 (1)
1945–1947 Partizan 14 (1)
1947–1948 Spartak Subotica 17 (7)
1950–1952 Vojvodina 29 (8)
Total 94 (29)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Silvester Šereš (Serbian Cyrillic: Силвестер Сереш, Hungarian: Sörös Szilveszter; 7 March 1918 – 20 January 2000) was a Yugoslav footballer of Hungarian descent.

Career

During World War II, Šereš played for Újvidéki AC (formerly NAK) in the 1943–44 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season, scoring 12 goals in 29 appearances. He also spent some time with fellow NB I club MTK in 1945.[1]

In October 1945, Šereš joined newly formed Partizan, scoring the club's first ever goal in a friendly match against the representative team of Zemun.[2] He was also a member of the team that won the inaugural Yugoslav First League title.[3]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League
Division Apps Goals
Újvidéki AC 1943–44 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 29 12
MTK 1945 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 5 1
Partizan 1946–47 Yugoslav First League 12 1
1947–48 Yugoslav First League 2 0
Total 14 1
Spartak Subotica 1947–48 Yugoslav First League 10 4
1948–49[4] Yugoslav Second League 7 3
Total 17 7
Vojvodina 1951 Yugoslav First League 13 4
1952 Yugoslav First League 16 4
Total 29 8
Career total 94 29

Honours

Partizan

References

  1. ^ "† Sörös Szilveszter (Temerin 1918.03.07 - Temerin 2000.01.20)" (in Hungarian). magyarfutball.hu. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Silvester Šereš – strelac prvog gola u istoriji Partizana!" (in Serbian). crnobelanostalgija.com. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Silvester Šereš" (in Serbian). partizanopedia.rs. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  4. ^ "1948-49". historical-lineups.com. Retrieved 24 January 2024.