Aleksandar Benko

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

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]

References

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

External links

Aleksandar Benko at National-Football-Teams.com
Profile at Serbian federation

[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.

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