# Ivan Bek > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ivan_Bek > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ivan_Bek.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Bek > Source revision: 1351324418 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Serbian footballer (1909-1963)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ivan Bek | image = Ivan Bek (1928).jpg | caption = Bek in 1928 | image_size = | fullname = Ivan Bek | birth_date = {{birth date|1909|10|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Belgrade](/source/Belgrade), [Kingdom of Serbia](/source/Kingdom_of_Serbia) | death_date = {{death date and age|1963|6|2|1909|10|29|df=yes}} | death_place = [Sète](/source/S%C3%A8te), France | height = 1.96 m | position = [Forward](/source/Forward_(association_football)) | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1925–1928 | clubs1 = [BSK](/source/Beogradski_sport_klub) | caps1 = 50 | goals1 = 51 | years2 = 1928 | clubs2 = [Mačva Šabac](/source/FK_Ma%C4%8Dva_%C5%A0abac) | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1928–1931 | clubs3 = [Sète](/source/FC_S%C3%A8te) | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 1931–1932 | clubs4 = [Urania Genève Sport](/source/Urania_Gen%C3%A8ve_Sport) | caps4 = 16 | goals4 = 16 | years5 = 1932–1935 | clubs5 = [Sète](/source/FC_S%C3%A8te) | caps5 = 69 | goals5 = 33 | years6 = 1935–1939 | clubs6 = [Saint-Étienne](/source/AS_Saint-%C3%89tienne) | caps6 = 109 | goals6 = 93 | years7 = 1940–1943 | clubs7 = [Nîmes](/source/N%C3%AEmes_Olympique) | years8 = 1943–1944 | clubs8 = [AS Aix](/source/AS_Aix) | totalcaps = 254 | totalgoals = 193 | nationalyears1 = 1927–1931 | nationalteam1 = [Yugoslavia](/source/Yugoslavia_national_football_team) | nationalcaps1 = 8 | nationalgoals1 = 4 | nationalyears2 = 1935–1937 | nationalteam2 = [France](/source/France_national_football_team) | nationalcaps2 = 5 | nationalgoals2 = 0 }} '''Ivan "Ivica" Bek''' ({{Lang-sr-Cyrl|Иван Ивица Бек}}; 29 October 1909 – 2 June 1963), also known as '''Yvan Beck''', was a Serbian-French [footballer](/source/Association_football) who played as a [forward](/source/Forward_(association_football)). He was part of Yugoslavia's team at the [1928 Summer Olympics](/source/1928_Summer_Olympics){{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/111103 |title=Ivan "Ivica" Bek |work=Olympedia |access-date=17 September 2021 |archive-date=16 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916232112/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/111103 |url-status=live }} and at the [1930 FIFA World Cup](/source/1930_FIFA_World_Cup). ==Club career== Bek was born to a German father, and a Czech mother in the Serbian capital Belgrade borough of [Čubura](/source/%C4%8Cubura). Aged 16, he started playing in [BSK](/source/Beogradski_sport_klub) where he scored 51 goals in 50 matches. In 1928, Bek moved to [Mačva](/source/FK_Ma%C4%8Dva_%C5%A0abac), and soon proceeded to French [FC Sète](/source/FC_S%C3%A8te). In his first season, he reached the cup finals, but lost 2–0 against [Montpellier](/source/Montpellier_HSC). Next year in cup finals against [RC France](/source/Racing_Levallois_92), was victorious for Sète (3–1) with Bek scoring two decisive goals in extra time. Four years later with the same club, Bek was part of the first team that win the Double in France. Bek helped Yugoslavia get third place in the first [FIFA world cup](/source/1930_FIFA_World_Cup) in Uruguay. Bek and his team went on a train from Belgrade to Marseille. When they came to Marseille they went on a crew ship to Uruguay in the second class. ==International career== Internationally, Bek represented the Kingdom of [Yugoslavia](/source/Yugoslavia_national_football_team) (seven caps, four goals) and [France](/source/France_national_football_team) (five caps). For Yugoslavia he debuted in 1927 against Bulgaria (2–0), participated Olympic tournament in 1928 in Amsterdam and played in the [1930 FIFA World Cup](/source/1930_FIFA_World_Cup) for Yugoslavia scoring three goals. In 1933, Bek took French citizenship and renamed himself Yvan Beck and in February 1935 he was picked for the first time for the Équipe Tricolore. ===International goals=== :''Scores and results list Yugoslavia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bek goal.'' {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by Ivan Bek |- !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition |- | align="center"|1 || 14 July 1930 || [Estadio Gran Parque Central](/source/Estadio_Gran_Parque_Central), [Montevideo](/source/Montevideo), Uruguay || {{fb|BRA}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|2–1 || [1930 FIFA World Cup](/source/1930_FIFA_World_Cup) |- | align="center"|2 || rowspan=2|17 July 1930 || rowspan=2|Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo, Uruguay || rowspan=2|{{fb|BOL}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" align="center"|4–0 || rowspan="2"|1930 FIFA World Cup |- | align="center"|3 || align="center"|3–0 |} ==Post-playing career== During the Second World War, Bek was a member of the [French Resistance](/source/French_Resistance). After the war, he worked as a dockworker in Sète, where he died from a heart attack. ==Honours== '''FC Sète''' * Champion of France: 1934 * French Cup: 1930, 1934 ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{NFT|22863|Ivan Bek (Ivica Bek)}} * {{Reprezentacija|bek-ivan-beck-yvan|Ivan Bek (Yvan Beck)}} * {{FFF|7421-beck-yvan|Yvan Beck}} * {{FFF male|124-yvan-beck|Yvan Beck|archive=20180824183204}} * [http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/historique.php?id=BECK%20Yvan Yvan Beck at the French Football Federation]{{dead link|date=February 2022}} {{in lang|fr}} * {{sports links}} {{Yugoslavia football squad 1928 Summer Olympics}} {{Yugoslavia squad 1930 FIFA World Cup}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bek, Ivan}} Category:1909 births Category:1963 deaths Category:Footballers from Belgrade Category:Footballers from Sète Category:Serbian people of German descent Category:Serbian people of Czech descent Category:French people of German descent Category:French people of Czech descent Category:Yugoslav emigrants to France Category:Serbian emigrants to France Category:Naturalized citizens of France Category:Naturalised association football players Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Yugoslav men's footballers Category:Yugoslavia men's international footballers Category:French men's footballers Category:France men's international footballers Category:Olympic footballers for Yugoslavia Category:Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Category:1930 FIFA World Cup players Category:Dual internationalists (men's football) Category:OFK Beograd players Category:FK Mačva Šabac players Category:SC Sète players Category:AS Saint-Étienne players Category:Nîmes Olympique players Category:AS Aix-en-Provence players Category:Yugoslav First League players Category:Ligue 1 players Category:French Resistance members Category:20th-century French sportsmen Category:20th-century Serbian sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ivan Bek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Bek) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Bek?action=history)). 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