Aleksandar Benko

Aleksandar Benko

Personal information
Full name	Aleksandar Benko
Date of birth	(1925-02-16)16 February 1925
Place of birth	Čakovec, Kingdom of SCS
Date of death
Place of death	St. Gallen, Switzerland
Position(s)	striker
Youth career
1943	NK Čakovec
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1947 - 1958	NK Dinamo Zagreb
1958 - 1959	Grasshopper Club Zürich
1959 - 1960	AC Lugano
1961 - 1963	FC Wohlen
1963 - 1967	FC St. Gallen
International career
1949	Yugoslavia	1	(0)
1956	Croatia	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aleksandar Benko (Čakovec, 16 February 1925 - St. Gallen Switzerland, 26 May 1991) was a Croatian footballer who played one game internationally for both the Yugoslavian and Croatian national teams.

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.

He played for the Croatian national team in a friendly against Indonesia in Zagreb in 1956 and served as the team's captain. He also played for the Yugoslavian national team in a 1949 match against France.

External links

• Profile at Serbian federation