| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 July 1911 | ||
| Place of birth | Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia | ||
| Date of death | 22 September 1996 (aged 85) | ||
| Place of death | Vernon, France | ||
| Playing position | Right midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1930-1937 | Concordia Zagreb | ||
| 1937-1941 | BSK Belgrade | ||
| National team | |||
| 1933-1941 | Kingdom of Yugoslavia | 12 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Svetislav Valjarević (Serbian Cyrillic: Светислав Ваљаревић )( born 9 July 1911 in Belgrade – death 22 September 1996 in Vernon) was a Serbian Yugoslavia international football player.
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He became famous while playing in Zagreb´s HŠK Concordia, where he played since 1930, and in the next season won the national Championship and was the league top-scorer. Specially noted for his great game vision and dangerous shot, he usually played in the position of right midfielder. When he went to the army conscription to Belgrade, he started playing for BSK Belgrade in the 1937-38 season winning, the 1938-39 Championship. He is remembered as one of the best players of the period when his club, BSK, was dominating the Yugoslav football in the late 1930s.[1]
Beside one match played for the B team, the six matches for the City of Zagreb team and nine for the City of Belgrade team, he played 12 matches for Yugoslavia national football team having scored four times. His debut was on 30 April 1933 in Belgrade against Spain, and his last match was also in Belgrade, in 23 March 1941, against Hungary, that ended drow and he scored the only goal for Yugoslavia.[2]