Todor Veselinović
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Todor Veselinović | ||
| Date of birth | 22 October 1930 | ||
| Place of birth | Novi Sad, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||
| Date of death | 17 May 2017 (aged 86) | ||
| Place of death | Athens, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sloga Novi Sad | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1948–1952 | Vojvodina | 42 | (8) |
| 1952–1953 | Partizan | 22 | (15) |
| 1953–1961 | Vojvodina | 170 | (123) |
| 1961–1962 | Sampdoria | 15 | (4) |
| 1962–1964 | First Vienna | 41 | (15) |
| 1964–1965 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 10 | (1) |
| 1965–1967 | Austria Klagenfurt | 49 | (5) |
| 1968 | Proleter Zrenjanin | 9 | (0) |
| 1969 | Srem | 11 | (2) |
| Total | 369 | (173) | |
| International career | |||
| 1953–1961 | Yugoslavia | 37 | (28) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1967 | Austria Klagenfurt (player-manager) | ||
| 1969–1971 | Santa Fe | ||
| 1971–1973 | Colombia | ||
| 1974 | El Nacional | ||
| 1974–1977 | Vojvodina | ||
| 1977–1980 | Olympiacos | ||
| 1980–1981 | Apollon Athens | ||
| 1981 | Levante | ||
| 1982 | Millonarios | ||
| 1982–1984 | Yugoslavia | ||
| 1984–1985 | Fenerbahçe | ||
| 1985–1986 | Apollon Athens | ||
| 1986 | Catanzaro | ||
| 1986–1987 | Diagoras | ||
| 1987–1988 | AEK Athens | ||
| 1988–1990 | Fenerbahçe | ||
| 1990–1991 | Gaziantepspor | ||
| 1991 | Bakırköyspor | ||
| 1992 | Panserraikos | ||
| 1993 | Karşıyaka | ||
| 1994 | APOEL | ||
| 1995 | Santa Fe | ||
| 1997 | Fenerbahçe | ||
| 1997–1998 | Ethnikos Piraeus | ||
Medal record | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Todor "Toza" Veselinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Тодор Тоза Веселиновић; 22 October 1930 – 17 May 2017) was a Yugoslav and Serbian football manager and player.
A prolific forward, Veselinović spent most of his playing career at Vojvodina and became the club's all-time leading scorer. He also ranks as the sixth-highest scorer in the history of the Yugoslav First League with 145 goals. In his early 30s, Veselinović moved abroad and played in three countries, most notably in Austria.
Internationally, Veselinović earned 37 caps and scored 28 times for Yugoslavia between 1953 and 1961, becoming the country's sixth-highest scorer ever. He was also selected for the 1954 and 1958 FIFA World Cups and was part of the squad that finished as runners-up at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
During his extensive managerial career that spanned 30 years, Veselinović took charge of numerous clubs, mostly in Greece and Turkey. He also managed the national teams of Colombia (1971–1973) and Yugoslavia (1982–1984).