Antal Tapiška (, , 11 November 1919 – 10 March 2016) was a Yugoslav

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player and manager. He was known for his contributions to Yugoslav football both as a player and later as a coach.

Club career

He started his playing career while serving the mandatory military conscription and affiliated in the

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side Mornar Split, later moving to

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side

FK Naša Krila Zemun FK JRV Naša krila ( sr-cyr, Наша крила; lit. "Our Wings"; commonly referred to as Naša krila Zemun or just Naša Krila) was a short-lived Yugoslav football club established in 1947 as a section of the eponymous sports society affiliated ...

. His talent took him to join the main army backed team,

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; ), often referred to in English as Partizan Belgrade, is a Serbian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Belgrade. It forms ...

, in 1946. Partizan was newly formed club which gathered most of the best players of the country, so Tapiška found himself in difficulties to establish himself, despite all, he managed to make with Partizan one appearance in the

1946–47 Yugoslav First League The 1946–47 Yugoslav First League season was the first season of the First Federal League ( sh-Latn, Prva savezna liga), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, which ended the six-year period in which national footbal ...

, 4 appearances in the

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, and 29 in friendlies and tournaments. Not wanting to stay as a substitute, Tapiška decided to leave Partizan and joined

FK Spartak Subotica Fudbalski klub Spartak Ždrepčeva Krv () is a professional football club from Subotica, Serbia, that plays in the Serbian SuperLiga. The club was founded in 1945 and was named after Jovan Mikić Spartak, the leader of the Partisans in Subotic ...

where he spent the next 14 years. He became a legendary defender shirt number 2 who became fundamental in all achievements of Spartak between 1947 until 1960. He played over 500 official games in that period of time. Tapiška retired in 1960 and in his honor Spartak organised a farewell match against

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Coaching career

After finishing his playing career, he became a manager, and coached minor local teams such as Vonogradar and Zorka. He also coached the woman's section of Spartak Subotica and also the youth teams of the club. Afterwards, he became member of the direction board of management of the

Subotica City Stadium Subotica City Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium located in Subotica, Serbia. With a capacity of 13,000 people, it is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FK Spartak Subotica from 1945. There is a football pitc ...

.In memoriam: Antal Tapiška (1928-2016)
at subotica.com, 10-3-2016, retrieved 21-7-2019

References

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