Aleksandar Benko

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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

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]

CLub career[edit]

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[edit]

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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Aleksandar Benko at Mirogoj". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
  3. ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

External links[edit]

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