Stevan Jakuš

Stevan Jakuš (Serbian Cyrillic: Стеван Јакуш, Hungarian: Jakus István, 24 December 1921 – 21 March 1985) was a Yugoslav footballer.

Stevan Jakuš
Personal information
Full name Edvard Platz
Date of birth (1921-12-24)24 December 1921
Place of birth Novi Sad, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death 21 March 1985(1985-03-21) (aged 63)
Place of death SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
NTK Novi Sad
1941–1942 Újvidékí AC 1 (0)
1946–1949 Partizan 6 (1)
1949–1951 OFK Beograd
1951–1952 Mačva Šabac
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in the outskirts of Novi Sad,[1] Jakuš started playing in NTK Novi Sad. When Second World War started and the region was occupied by Hungary, he was added to the Újvidékí AC.[2] However, he made only one appearance for UAC in the 1941–42 Nemzeti Bajnokság I before leaving the club and joining the resistance.[1] By the end of the war he was a member of the Yugoslav Partisans. It is recorded that in Austria in May 1945 when Yugoslav and British troops met, a football match was disputed between the two and Jakuš played on Yugoslav side.[1]

After the war, Jakuš joins FK Partizan. Although he mostly played for the reserves team,[1] he did made 6 appearances and scored once in the Yugoslav First League[3] and was part of Partizan squads that were Yugoslav champions in 1946–47 and 1948–49.[1] In Autumn 1949 he moved to BSK, later renamed OFK Beograd, and, later, in 1951, on insistence on his former teammate from Partizan, Minda Jovanović, he joined FK Mačva Šabac.[1]

References
  1. Stevan Jakuš at Crno-bela nostalgija
  2. Jakus István at magyarfutball.hu
  3. List of all-time players from Partizan official website
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