Todor Veselinović

Todor "Toza" Veselinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Тодор "Тоза" Веселиновић, pronounced [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.

Todor Veselinović

Personal information
Full name	Todor Veselinović
Date of birth	(1930-10-22)22 October 1930
Place of birth	Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
Date of death	17 May 2017(2017-05-17) (aged 86)
Place of death	Athens, Greece
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1948–1950	Sloga Novi Sad	4	(0)
1951–1952	Vojvodina	22	(7)
1952–1953	Partizan	22	(15)
1953–1961	Vojvodina	170	(123)
1961–1962	Sampdoria	15	(4)
1962–1964	First Vienna	40	(15)
1964–1965	Union SG	10	(1)
1965–1967	Austria Klagenfurt	49	(5)
1967–1968	Proleter Zrenjanin	9	(0)
Total		341	(170)
International career
1953–1961	Yugoslavia	37	(28)
Managerial career
1968–1969	Austria Klagenfurt
1969–1971	Independiente Santa Fe
1972–1973	Colombia
1974	El Nacional
1974–1977	Vojvodina
1977–1980	Olympiacos
1981	Levante
1982	Millonarios
1982–1984	Yugoslavia
1984–1985	Fenerbahçe
1985–1986	Apollon Athens
1986	Catanzaro
1986–1987	Diagoras
1987–1988	AEK Athens
1988–1990	Fenerbahçe
1990–1991	Gaziantepspor
1991	Bakırköyspor
1992–1993	Karşıyaka
1995–1996	Independiente Santa Fe
1997	Fenerbahçe
1997–1998	Ethnikos Piraeus
Medal record Men's Football Representing  Yugoslavia Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	28 March 1954	Athens, Greece	Greece	1–0	1–0	1954 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	28 November 1956	Melbourne, Australia	United States	1–0	9–1	1956 Summer Olympics
3.				8–1
4.				9–1
5.	4 December 1956		India	2–1	4–1
6.	11 June 1958	Västerås, Sweden	France	2–1	3–2	1958 FIFA World Cup
7.				3–2
8.	15 June 1958	Eskilstuna, Sweden	Paraguay	2–1	3–3