Josip Takač Explained

Joška Takač
Fullname:Josip Takač
Birth Date:11 November 1919
Birth Place:Subotica, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Death Place:Subotica, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1933–1937
Clubs1:ŽAK Subotica
Years2:1937–1942
Clubs2:UTK Novi Sad
Caps2:1
Goals2:0
Years3:1942–1944
Clubs3:Újvideki AC
Caps3:5
Goals3:0
Years4:1944–1945
Clubs4:ŽAK Subotica
Caps4:[1] 0
Goals4:0
Years5:1945–1948
Clubs5:Spartak Subotica
Caps5:42
Goals5:7
Years6:1948–1950
Clubs6:Red Star Belgrade
Caps6:23
Goals6:4
Years7:1951–1956
Clubs7:Spartak Subotica
Caps7:92
Goals7:6
Nationalyears1:1948
Nationalteam1:Yugoslavia Olympic
Managerclubs1:Bačka Bačka Palanka
Managerclubs2:Sutjeska Nikšić

Josip Takač (; 11 November 1919 – 1991) was a Yugoslav footballer.

Club career

Born in Subotica,[2] Takač started playing in 1933 with local ŽAK Subotica.[2] In 1937 he moved to Novi Sad where he joined UTK (Újvidéki Textil SK)[2] a regular competitor in the first league of the Novi Sad Football Subassociation. With Second World War already started and the region occupied by Hungarian authorities, he joins Újvidékí AC in June 1942, the local club that was playing in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I.[2] He played 3 seasons in Hungarian top level. However, in 1944 the season was interrupted as Hungary was losing the war, and Takač left UTC and Novi Sad and returned to his hometown, Subotica, where he rejoined his former team ŽAK.

As the region came back to Yugoslav authorities, ŽAK was merged with other local clubs and formed FK Spartak Subotica[2] in 1945. Takač will become one of its most influential players, and his skills got him to join powerhouse Red Star Belgrade in 1948.[2] In 1950 he will return to Subotica and rejoin Spartak.[2] He will finish his playing career in 1962. During his club career, he won 3 Yugoslav Cup titles.

International career

Takač will be the member of the Yugoslav team that won silver at the 1948 Summer Olympics,[3] but he did not play in any matches.[4]

Coaching career

Later he became a coach and managed Bačka Bačka Palanka[5] and other clubs.

Notes and References

  1. Note: No national championship was played those years.
  2. https://www.magyarfutball.hu/en/szemelyek/adatlap/10078/takacs_jozsef Takács József
  3. http://www.sportskisavezsubotice.org/index/page/id/146/lg/sr Josip Takač
  4. Web site: Josip Takač . Olympedia . 13 October 2021.
  5. Book: "Deset Godina Sporta u Bačkoj Palanci 1945 - 55", pag. 8,