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Full name | Tihomir Jelisavčić | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 1929 | |||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 29 June 1986 56–57) | (aged|||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Cancún, Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
1953–1954 | Partizan | |||||||||||||||||||
1954–1956 | BSK Belgrade | |||||||||||||||||||
1956–1958 | Vardar | |||||||||||||||||||
1962 | Yugal [1] | |||||||||||||||||||
1962 | Toongabbie | |||||||||||||||||||
1964 | Makedonia (Melbourne) | |||||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||
1962–1963 | Yugal | |||||||||||||||||||
1965 | Hakoah | |||||||||||||||||||
1965 | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||
1965 | Hakoah | |||||||||||||||||||
1974–1978 | Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||
1985–1986 | Pioneros de Cancún | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Tihomir "Tiko" Jelisavčić (Serbian Cyrillic: Тихомир Тико Јелисавчић; 1929 – 29 June 1986) was a Yugoslav football coach.
He managed the Australia national soccer team and Nigeria national football team during his career. [2] During his time as Nigeria's coach he was referred to as "Father Tiko". [3]
He presided over the Australian national team in their first ever FIFA World Cup qualifying games in 1965. Australia lost 6–1 and 3–1 in the First round.
He led Nigeria to two third-place finishes in the Africa Cup of Nations tournament in 1976 and 1978.
He was unveiled as technical director/coach of Pioneros de Cancún on 22 June 1984, [4] a position he held until he died in a car crash on 29 June 1985. [5]
As a player, Jelisavčić played for Partizan in 1953/54 season. [6] He scored his only official goal for the club in his sole league appearance, against Proleter Osijek (3-2 win), and added one game in the Yugoslav Cup (quarterfinals against Dinamo). Tiko was part of the Partizan squad which participated in the famous South American tour of winter 1953/54. [7]
He won the Yugoslav Cup in 1955 with BSK Belgrade.
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