Stevan Jakuš Explained

Stevan Jakuš
Fullname:Edvard Platz
Birth Date:24 December 1921
Birth Place:Novi Sad, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Death Place:SFR Yugoslavia
Position:Midfielder
Clubs1:NTK Novi Sad
Years2:1941–1942
Clubs2:Újvidékí AC
Caps2:1
Goals2:0
Years3:1946–1949
Clubs3:Partizan
Caps3:6
Goals3:1
Years4:1949–1951
Clubs4:OFK Beograd
Years5:1951–1952
Clubs5:Mačva Šabac

Stevan Jakuš (24 December 1921 – 21 March 1985) was a Yugoslav footballer.

Club career

Born in the outskirts of Novi Sad,[1] Jakuš started playing in NTK Novi Sad. When Second World War started and the region was occupied by Hungary, he was added to the Újvidékí AC.[2] However, he made only one appearance for UAC in the 1941–42 Nemzeti Bajnokság I before leaving the club and joining the resistance.[1] By the end of the war he was a member of the Yugoslav Partisans. It is recorded that in Austria in May 1945 when Yugoslav and British troops met, a football match was disputed between the two and Jakuš played on Yugoslav side.[1]

After the war, Jakuš joins FK Partizan. Although he mostly played for the reserves team,[1] he did made 6 appearances and scored once in the Yugoslav First League[3] and was part of Partizan squads that were Yugoslav champions in 1946–47 and 1948–49.[1] In Autumn 1949 he moved to BSK, later renamed OFK Beograd, and, later, in 1951, on insistence on his former teammate from Partizan, Minda Jovanović, he joined FK Mačva Šabac.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://crno-bela-nostalgija.blogspot.com/2016/11/foto-arhiva-stevan-jakus-1921-1985.html Stevan Jakuš
  2. https://www.magyarfutball.hu/en/szemelyek/adatlap/10077/jakus_jeno Jakus István
  3. http://www.sr.partizan.rs/istorija-kluba/igraci-od-1945-do-danas/ List of all-time players from Partizan official website