Mihalj Kečkeš

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

Born in Subotica^[1] 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.^[2] After moving to Jedinstvo he became Yugoslav national team player, having played two matches for the national team, one in 1937 and another one in 1938.^[3] After retiring he became a coach in his hometown city of Subotica, where he died in 1985.^[3] He was among the founders of FK Partizan Subotica in 1948 and a coach and a player in the club.^[4] He was also coach at FK Radnički Bajmok^[5] and FK Solid.^[6] He is sometimes referred to as Mihajlo Kečkeš.

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