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| Date of birth | 29 October 1909 | ||
| Place of birth | Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia | ||
| Date of death | 2 June 1963 (aged 53) | ||
| Place of death | Sète, France | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1925–1928 | BSK Belgrade | ||
| 1928 | FK Mačva Šabac | ||
| 1928–1931 | FC Sète | ||
| 1931–1932 | Urania Genève Sport | 16 | (16) |
| 1932–1935 | FC Sète | 69 | (33) |
| 1935–1939 | AS Saint-Étienne | 109 | (93) |
| 1940–1942 | Nîmes Olympique | ||
| National team | |||
| 1927–1931 | Kingd. of Yugoslavia | 7 | (4) |
| 1935–1937 | France | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Ivan "Ivica" Bek (or Yvan Beck; 29 October 1909 in Belgrade – 2 June 1963 in Sète) was a football (soccer) player. Born to a German father, and a Czech mother in Belgrade borough of Čubura. At age of 16, started playing in BSK Belgrade for which he scored 51 goal in 50 matches. In 1928 Bek moved to Mačva, and soon proceeded to French FC Sète. In his first season he reached the Cup finals, but lost 0-2 against Montpellier. Next year in Cup finals against PSG,was victorious for Sète (3:1) with Bek scoring two decisive goals in extra time. Four years later with the same club, Bek was part of the first team that win the Double in France.
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Internationally, Bek represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (7 caps, 4 goals) and France (5 caps). For Yugoslavia he debuted in 1927 against Bulgaria (2-0), participated Olympic tournament in 1928 in Amsterdam and played in the 1930 FIFA World Cup for Yugoslavia scoring three goals. In 1933 Bek taken French citizenship and renamed himself Yvan Beck, in February 1935 he was picked for the first time in the Equipe Tricolore.
During the Second World War, Bek was a member of the French Resistance. After the war, he worked as a dockworker in Sète, where he died from a heart attack.
Champion of France: 1934 Winner of the French Cup: 1930, 1934
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