Maksimilijan Mihelčič Explained

Maksimilijan Mihelčič
Fullname:Maksimilijan Mihelčič
Birth Date:1905 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Laibach, Austria-Hungary
Death Date:[1]
Death Place:Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Position:Goalkeeper
Years1:1922–1924
Years2:1924–1934
Years3:1934–1938
Clubs3:HŠK Šparta
Caps2:119
Goals2:0
Nationalyears1:1925–1931
Nationalteam1:Yugoslavia
Nationalcaps1:18
Nationalgoals1:0
Manageryears1:1945–1947
Managerclubs1:Dinamo Zagreb (youth)

Maksimilijan "Maks" Mihelčič (Serbian spelling - Максимилијан Михелчић; 29 July 1905 – 25 March 1958) was a Slovenian[2] [3] football goalkeeper who represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia national team at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Club career

He began to play in the Ljubljana ŽŠK Hermes, and is celebrated on the goal HŠK Građanski Zagreb in whose jersey has won state championships 1926 and 1928. As keeper of the Civil, succeeded in the club and the team celebrated Dragutin "Karlek" Friedrich, and with Vrđuka, was the third major Yugoslavia national team goalkeeper to 1930. That year he skipped the first World Cup in Uruguay due to political issues.[2] When in 1934 he left Građanski, defended the goal Spartak club in Zagreb appointees Power Station.

International career

Like other Slovenian footballer after Stanko Tavčar, he was in the Yugoslavia national team, and was part of Yugoslavia's team at the 1928 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.[4] He played 18 games for the Yugoslavia national team: the first one on 28 October 1925 against Czechoslovakia and the last one on 4 October 1931 against Bulgaria at the Balkan Cup.

Mihelčič was a driver by profession, and after World War II was as a youth coach for Dinamo Zagreb.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Joža Lovec. 19 May 2017. Croatian Olympic Committee. 14 September 2017.
  2. Web site: 1930: Urugvajske žoge, darilo policista in slavje "enorokega" . Toni Gruden . 31 March 2010. . 8 July 2010. slovenian.
  3. Web site: Uoči SP: Slovenija gre naprej! . Bojan Purić . 2 February 2002 . sportnet.hr . 8 July 2010. croatian.
  4. Web site: Maksimilijan Mihelčič . Olympedia . 17 September 2021.
  5. http://www.slovenci-zagreb.hr/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Slovenci-u-Hrvatskom-sportu.pdf ŽIVLJENJEPISI SLOVENCEV V HRVAŠKEM ŠPORTU