Mihalj Kečkeš

Mihalj Kečkeš

Personal information
Date of birth	(1913-09-24)24 September 1913
Place of birth	Subotica, Austro-Hungary
Date of death	31 December 1985(1985-12-31) (aged 72)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Bačka 1901
	SAND
1936-1937	ŽAK
1937-1939	Jedinstvo Belgrade
	Partizan Subotica
International career
1937–1938	Yugoslavia	2	(0)
Managerial career
	Partizan Subotica
	Radnički Bajmok
	Solid
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mihalj Kečkeš (Serbian Cyrillic: Михаљ Кечкеш; 24 September 1913 – 31 December 1985) was a Yugoslav footballer.

Playing career

Club

Born in Subotica in 1913, then still within Austro-Hungary, he was a midfielder and he begin his career playing in FK Bačka 1901. He also played with the other two pre-World War II Yugoslav First League clubs from Subotica, SAND and ŽAK before signing with Jedinstvo Belgrade. In January 1937 there was a conflict between ŽAK and Jedinstvo because both clubs had registered the player at the Football Association of Yugoslavia which decided that his registration for Jedinstvo was the valid one.

International

After moving to Jedinstvo he became Yugoslavia national team player, having played two matches for the national team, one in 1937 and another one in 1938.

Coaching career

After retiring he became a coach in his hometown city of Subotica, where he died in 1985. He was among the founders of FK Partizan Subotica in 1948 and a coach and a player in the club. He was also coach at FK Radnički Bajmok and FK Solid. He is sometimes referred to as Mihajlo Kečkeš.

External links

• Mihalj Kečkeš at National-Football-Teams.com
• Mihalj Kečkeš at EU-Football.info