Miloš Beleslin (; 8 September 1901 – 7 March 1984) was a

Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p ...

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Club career

Born in Sereg,

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, he started playing in

Szeged Szeged ( , ; see also #Etymology, other alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat ...

Szegedi AK Szegedi Atlétikai Klub, known simply as Szegedi AK, was a Hungarian football club from the town of Szeged, Hungary. History Szegedi AK debuted in the 1926–27 season of the Hungarian League and finished in seventh place. The team played 22 s ...

. His played his first official match on May 5, 1917. In 1919 his parents moved to the city of

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; #Name, see below for other names) is the List of cities in Serbia, second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannoni ...

in the

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and he joined

NAK Novi Sad Novosadski atletski klub (NAK) (Serbian Cyrillic: Новосадски атлетски клуб, НАК; ) was a football club from Novi Sad that existed from 1910 until 1945. History Formed in 1910 while Novi Sad was still part of Austria-Hungar ...

. Later he would play with other Yugoslav top-league clubs, SAND Subotica and

ŽAK Subotica ŽAK Subotica (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: ЖАК Суботица) was a Association football, football club based in Subotica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The club was formed in 1921 and the name comes from the initials of ''Železni� ...

. He played his last official match in 1939 on the day of his anniversary.Miloš Beleslin
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International career

Miloš Beleslin played 8 matches for the Yugoslavia national team having scored once. He was part of Yugoslavia's team at the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for ...

, but he did not play in any matches. He received a call to represent Yugoslavia at the

1930 FIFA World Cup The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national Association football, football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 to 30 July 1930. FIFA, ...

however as he was playing in Subotica, his representative subassociation, the Subotica Football Subassociation, boycotted the national team, not allowing him to travel to Uruguay. His final international was a May 1930 King Alexander's Cup against

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References

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