Todor Veselinović Explained

Todor Veselinović
Fullname:Todor Veselinović
Birth Date:22 October 1930
Birth Place:Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
Height:1.72m (05.64feet)
Death Place:Athens, Greece
Position:Striker
Years1:1948–1950
Years2:1951–1952
Years3:1952–1953
Years4:1953–1961
Years5:1961–1962
Years6:1962–1964
Years7:1964–1965
Years8:1965–1967
Years9:1967–1968
Clubs1:Sloga Novi Sad
Clubs2:Vojvodina
Clubs3:Partizan
Clubs4:Vojvodina
Clubs5:Sampdoria
Clubs6:First Vienna
Clubs7:Union SG
Clubs8:Austria Klagenfurt
Clubs9:Proleter Zrenjanin
Caps1:4
Caps2:22
Caps3:22
Caps4:170
Caps5:15
Caps6:40
Caps7:10
Caps8:49
Caps9:9
Goals1:0
Goals2:7
Goals3:15
Goals4:123
Goals5:4
Goals6:15
Goals7:1
Goals8:5
Goals9:0
Totalcaps:341
Totalgoals:170
Nationalyears1:1953–1961
Nationalteam1:Yugoslavia
Nationalcaps1:37
Nationalgoals1:28
Manageryears1:1968–1969
Manageryears2:1969–1971
Manageryears3:1972–1973
Manageryears4:1974
Manageryears5:1974–1977
Manageryears6:1977–1980
Manageryears7:1981
Manageryears8:1982
Manageryears9:1982–1984
Manageryears10:1984–1985
Manageryears11:1985–1986
Manageryears12:1986
Manageryears13:1986–1987
Manageryears14:1987–1988
Manageryears15:1988–1990
Manageryears16:1990–1991
Manageryears17:1991
Manageryears18:1992–1993
Manageryears19:1995–1996
Manageryears20:1997
Manageryears21:1997–1998
Managerclubs1:Austria Klagenfurt
Managerclubs2:Independiente Santa Fe
Managerclubs3:Colombia
Managerclubs4:El Nacional
Managerclubs5:Vojvodina
Managerclubs6:Olympiacos
Managerclubs7:Levante
Managerclubs8:Millonarios
Managerclubs9:Yugoslavia
Managerclubs10:Fenerbahçe
Managerclubs11:Apollon Athens
Managerclubs12:Catanzaro
Managerclubs13:Diagoras
Managerclubs14:AEK Athens
Managerclubs15:Fenerbahçe
Managerclubs16:Gaziantepspor
Managerclubs17:Bakırköyspor
Managerclubs18:Karşıyaka
Managerclubs19:Independiente Santa Fe
Managerclubs20:Fenerbahçe
Managerclubs21:Ethnikos Piraeus

Todor "Toza" Veselinović (pronounced as /tôdor ʋeselǐːnoʋitɕ/; 22 October 1930 – 17 May 2017) was a Serbian footballer and coach. He was one of the most renowned goalscorers in Yugoslavian history. He was the last surviving member of Yugoslavia's 1954 World Cup squad.

Career

Playing career

At international level, he won 37 caps and scored 28 goals. He played in the 1954 FIFA World Cup and 1958 FIFA World Cup, scoring three goals in the latter tournament. He played for several clubs in his homeland and abroad. He established himself as one of the best strikers in former Yugoslavia. He was the Yugoslav First League top scorer on four occasions. In total for Vojvodina, he scored 586 goals, including unofficial games.[1] He also won a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[2] [3]

Coaching career

He later began a coaching career and managed several clubs, including Independiente Santa Fe in Colombia, Olympiacos in Greece, and Fenerbahçe in Turkey. He won two Turkish league titles (1985 and 1989) with Fenerbahçe.

He also managed Yugoslavia at the finals of Euro 84 in France, where they lost all three of their games. Veselinović's time as Yugoslav manager was characterized by continuous tinkering and changing of his team selection. In two seasons at the helm, he used almost 60 players.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Todor Veselinović: Kralj strelaca . 2022-11-05 . fkvojvodina.com.
  2. Web site: Todor Veselinović . Olympedia . 1 December 2021.
  3. Todor Veselinović . https://web.archive.org/web/20161204034721/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ve/todor-veselinovic-1.html . 4 December 2016.