Dušan Marković (footballer, born 1906)

Dušan "Luks" Marković (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан "Лукс" Mapкoвић; 9 March 1906 – 29 November 1974) was a Serbian football player and football manager.

Dušan Marković
Personal information
Date of birth (1906-03-09)9 March 1906
Place of birth Krčedin, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 19 November 1974(1974-11-19) (aged 68)
Place of death Novi Sad, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1921–1935 Vojvodina
1935–1937 BSK Beograd
1937–1938 Grenoble Foot 38
International career
1932 Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1 (0)
Managerial career
1939 Gragjanski Skopje
1939–1941 Željezničar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He was described by local press as a great, cleaver and effective striker. Anecdotally, his killer instinct was specially awake every time he played against BSK Belgrade, the best pre-war Serbian club, having scored at least once in every match he played against them. He was especially dangerous because he had the ability to shoot and surprise the goalkeepers from any angle.

Playing career

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Club

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He spent most of his career with FK Vojvodina where he played for 14 years, between 1921 until 1935 being one of their most influential players of the pre-war period. Afterward, he had short spells with BSK Belgrade and French club Grenoble.

International

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He was part of the Yugoslavia national football team for some period, but he only played one match, as a substitute of the famous striker Blagoje Marjanović in a friendly match played on 9 October 1932, in Prague, against Czechoslovakia, a 2–1 win.[1] He was part of the Yugoslav team at the 1930 FIFA World Cup, but didn't play any match.

Managerial career

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After retiring, he remained linked to football as a manager, having coached some clubs in Yugoslavia. He coached Gragjanski Skopje in the 1938–39 Yugoslav Football Championship and Željezničar between 1939 and 1941.[2]

Personal life

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Death

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He died in 1974, in the aftermath of a prostate surgery.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Dušan Marković, international football player". EU-football.info. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  2. ^ Građanski (Skoplje) Archived 2018-08-15 at the Wayback Machine at exyufudbal.in.rs
  3. ^ "Marković Dušan". Reprezentacija.rs. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
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