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