Aleksandar Benko
{{Short description|Croatian footballer (1925–1991)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Aleksandar Benko
| fullname = Aleksandar Benko
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1925|2|16}}
| birth_place = Čakovec, Kingdom of Serbs,
Croats and Slovenes
| height =
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1991|5|26|1925|2|16}}
| death_place = St. Gallen, Switzerland
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = striker
| youthyears1 = 1943
| youthclubs1 = NK Čakovec
| years1 = 1947–1958
| years2 = 1958–1959
| years3 = 1959–1960
| years4 = 1961–1963
| years5 = 1963–1967
| clubs1 = Dinamo Zagreb
| clubs2 = Grasshoppers
| clubs3 = Lugano
| clubs4 = Wohlen
| clubs5 = St Gallen
| caps1 = 159
| goals1 = 68
| nationalyears1 = 1949
| nationalyears2 = 1956
| nationalteam1 = Yugoslavia
| nationalteam2 = Croatia
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalcaps2 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalgoals2 = 1
}}
Aleksandar Benko (16 February 1925 – 26 May 1991) was a Croatian footballer who played one game internationally for both the Yugoslavia and Croatia national teams.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/double-caps.html |title=Players Appearing for Two or More Countries |accessdate=27 June 2014 |url-status=live|website=RSSSF |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803173844/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/double-caps.html |archivedate=3 August 2008 }}
CLub career
A striker, he began his career with NK Čakovec in 1943, and in 1947 moved to Dinamo Zagreb with whom he won the Yugoslav Federal League in 1948, 1954 and 1958. In 1958 he moved to Switzerland where he played for Grasshopper (1958–59), Lugano (1959–60), Wohlen (1961–63) and St. Gallen (1963–67). There he remained for the rest of his life. He is buried in Zagreb's Mirogoj cemetery.{{Cite web |url=http://www.gradskagroblja.hr/Trazilica/MapPreview.aspx?CemeteryID=1&Field=13A&DeptID=1&PersonID=173348 |title=Aleksandar Benko at Mirogoj |access-date=15 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718134657/http://www.gradskagroblja.hr/Trazilica/MapPreview.aspx?CemeteryID=1&Field=13A&DeptID=1&PersonID=173348 |archive-date=18 July 2011 |url-status=dead|df=dmy-all }}
International career
He played for the Croatia national team in a friendly against Indonesia in Zagreb in 1956 and served as the team's captain. He also played for the Yugoslavia national team in a 1949 match against France.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=1641|title=Player Database|accessdate=6 June 2022|website=EU-football}}
References
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External links
- {{Reprezentacija|benko-aleksandar}}
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Category:Footballers from Čakovec
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Yugoslav men's footballers
Category:Yugoslavia men's international footballers
Category:Croatian men's footballers
Category:Croatia men's international footballers
Category:GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
Category:Grasshopper Club Zurich players
Category:FC St. Gallen players
Category:Yugoslav First League players
Category:Swiss Super League players
Category:Swiss Challenge League players
Category:Swiss Promotion League players
Category:Croatian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland