Maksimilijan Mihelčič

Maksimilijan Mihelčič

Personal information
Full name	Maksimilijan Mihelčič
Date of birth	(1905-07-29)29 July 1905
Place of birth	Ljubljana, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	29 March 1958(1958-03-29) (aged 52)
Place of death	Zagreb, FPR Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1922–1924	ŽŠK Hermes
1924–1934	HŠK Građanski Zagreb
1934–1938	HŠK Šparta
International career
1925–1931	Yugoslavia	18	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Maksimilijan "Maks" Mihelčič (Serbian spelling - Максимилијан Михелчић; 29 July 1905 – 29 March 1958) was a Slovenian football goalkeeper who represented the national team of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia at the 1928 Summer Olympics. One of the leading keepers in Yugoslavia in the first half of the 20th century. Maks was very flexible and brave keeper with good reflexes and elasticity. He had also solid positioning on the line, good strength and agility. He began to play in the Ljubljana ŽŠK Hermes, and is celebrated on the goal HŠK Građanski Zagreb in whose jersey has won state championships 1926 and 1928. As keeper of the Civil, succeeded in the club and the team celebrated Dragutin "Karlek" Friedrich, and with Vrđuka, was the third major Yugoslav national team goalkeeper to 1930 year. That year he skipped the first World Cup in Uruguay due to political issues. When in 1934 he left Građanski, defended the goal Spartak club in Zagreb appointees Power Station. Like other Slovenian footballer after Stanko Tavčar, he was a member of the Yugoslav national team, with whom he performed at the 1928 Summer Olympics, was scheduled for presentation at the World Cup 1930, where they appeared to conflict only Serbian football clubs. With 20 games for the selection of Zagreb, and he played 18 games for the national team of Yugoslavia. He made his debut on 28 October 1925 in the match against Czechoslovakia (0–7) in Prague, a last game played on 4 October 1931 v. Bulgaria (2–3) in Sofia Balkan Cup. A driver by profession, when he joined the Civil got a job; in city services and the driver was then Mayor. After World War II he was a youth coach of Dinamo Zagreb. Maks died in 1958.