Marko Valok Explained

Marko Valok
Fullname:Marko Valok
Birth Date:5 March 1927
Birth Place:Surčin, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Position:Striker
Years1:1947
Years2:1947–1959
Clubs1:Napredak Kruševac
Clubs2:Partizan
Caps2:167
Goals2:97
Nationalyears1:1949–1950
Nationalteam1:Yugoslavia
Nationalcaps1:6
Nationalgoals1:3
Manageryears1:1959–1963
Manageryears2:1963–1964
Manageryears3:1965
Manageryears4:1971–1972
Manageryears5:1976–1977
Manageryears6:1977
Manageryears7:1979
Manageryears8:1979–1980
Manageryears9:1981
Manageryears10:1981–1982
Manageryears11:1982–1983
Manageryears12:1984
Managerclubs1:Burma
Managerclubs2:Partizan
Managerclubs3:Partizan
Managerclubs4:Galenika Zemun (joint)
Managerclubs5:Budućnost Titograd
Managerclubs6:Yugoslavia
Managerclubs7:Philadelphia Fury
Managerclubs8:Vojvodina
Managerclubs9:Borac Banja Luka
Managerclubs10:Teteks
Managerclubs11:Adana Demirspor
Managerclubs12:Rad

Marko Valok (Serbian: Марко Валок, pronounced as /mâːrko vâːlok/; born 5 March 1927) is a Serbian retired professional footballer who represented Yugoslavia internationally.[1]

Club career

Napredak Kruševac

He was part of the FK Napredak Kruševac team right at the foundation of the club in 1946, and made history for that club as the first ever goalscorer of the club, by scoring the only goal in Napredak's first ever official match against Makedonija, a 1–1 draw.[2]

Partizan

In 1947 he moved to FK Partizan where he had a successful career until his retirement, twelve years later. His first Yugoslav First League game he played in season 1947–48 when he won third place with Partizan. For Partizan, he played in the period until 1959 and during that time he played 470 games (165 championships) and scored 411 goals (90 championships). On Partizan's all-time top goalscorer list he is second behind Stjepan Bobek who scored (425 goals).

Valok won one Yugoslav championship title with Partizan in 1948–49 and three times Yugoslav Cup 1952, 1954 and 1956–57. In all three final matches in the cup, Valok scored goals. In the finals in 1952 and 1954, he scored two goals each, and in the finals in 1957, he scored one goal.

He holds the record for most goals in the Serbian "eternal derby", scoring thirteen times against rivals Red Star Belgrade.[3]

International career

Valok played two games for Yugoslavia B team and six games for the best selection. He scored a total of three goals against Israel (2–5) in Tel Aviv two goals in the qualifying match for 1950 FIFA World Cup and in a friendly match in Stockholm against Sweden (1–2) one goal.

He made his national team debut on June 19, 1949 against Norway (1–3) in Oslo. And he played the last game for the national team against Austria (2–7) in Vienna October 8, 1950. He usually played in the positions of center forward and right wing.

Coaching career

As a sports instructor in JNA, Marko Valok worked in Myanmar (1959–1963), where he was also a coach for a while in Myanmar. In the period from 1963 to 1967, he worked in Partizan.

He worked as the coach of the Yugoslavia national team in the period from 1977 to 1979.

He coached Burma, FK Partizan, FK Budućnost Titograd, Philadelphia Fury, FK Vojvodina, Adana Demirspor,[4] FK Borac Banja Luka, FK Teteks, FK Galenika Zemun and FK Rad. He also coached FK IM Rakovica.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Legenda Partizana napunila 90 godina! . Mondo.rs . 2018-04-17 . 2017-03-03 . sr.
  2. http://fknapredak.rs/%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0-%D0%BA%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B0/ Istorija
  3. Web site: Nikad niko kao Valok . Informer . 2018-04-17 . 2017-12-13 . sr.
  4. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-11-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140416175619/http://www.mackolik.com/Antrenor/3021/Marko-Valok . 2014-04-16 . dead .
  5. http://www.fkrakovica.com/treneri-kluba-kroz-istoriju/ Treneri kroz istoriju