Aleksandar Benko

Aleksandar Benko (16 February 1925 – 26 May 1991) was a Croatian footballer who played one game internationally for both the Yugoslavia and Croatia national teams.^[1]

Aleksandar Benko

Personal information
Full name	Aleksandar Benko
Date of birth	(1925-02-16)16 February 1925
Place of birth	Čakovec, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Date of death	26 May 1991(1991-05-26) (aged 66)
Place of death	St. Gallen, Switzerland
Position(s)	striker
Youth career
1943	NK Čakovec
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1947–1958	Dinamo Zagreb	159	(68)
1958–1959	Grasshoppers
1959–1960	Lugano
1961–1963	Wohlen
1963–1967	St Gallen
International career
1949	Yugoslavia	1	(0)
1956	Croatia	1	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

CLub career

A striker, he began his career with NK Čakovec in 1943, and in 1947 moved to Dinamo Zagreb with whom he won the Yugoslav Federal League in 1948, 1954 and 1958. In 1958 he moved to Switzerland where he played for Grasshopper (1958–59), Lugano (1959–60), Wohlen (1961–63) and St. Gallen (1963–67). There he remained for the rest of his life. He is buried in Zagreb's Mirogoj cemetery.^[2]

International career

He played for the Croatia national team in a friendly against Indonesia in Zagreb in 1956 and served as the team's captain. He also played for the Yugoslavia national team in a 1949 match against France.^[3]