Aleksandar Benko

Football player infobox| playername = Aleksandar Benko
fullname = Aleksandar Benko
nickname =


dateofbirth = February 16 1925
cityofbirth = Čakovec
countryofbirth = Kingdom of SCS
height =
dateofdeath = May 26 1991
cityofdeath = St. Gallen
countryofdeath = Switzerland
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = striker
youthyears = 1943
youthclubs = NK Čakovec
years = 1947 - 1958
1958 - 1959
1959 - 1960
1961 - 1963
1963 - 1967
clubs = NK Dinamo Zagreb
Grasshopper-Club Zürich
AC Lugano
FC Wohlen
FC St. Gallen
caps(goals) =
nationalyears = 1949
1956
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) = 1 (0)
1 (0)

Aleksandar Benko (Čakovec, February 16 1925 - St. Gallen Switzerland, May 26 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. [ [http://www.gradskagroblja.hr/Trazilica/MapPreview.aspx?CemeteryID=1&Field=13A&DeptID=1&PersonID=173348 Aleksandar Benko at Mirogoj] ]

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.

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External links

* [http://www.reprezentacija.co.yu/cgi-bin/index.pl?str=igraci&strana=Benko_Aleksandar Profile at Serbian federation]