Alois Machek
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | Around 1895 | ||
| Place of birth | Hradec Králové, Austro-Hungary | ||
| Place of death | SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Češký lev | 1 | (0) | |
| 1913–1914 | Velika Srbija | ||
| 191x–191x | Šumadija Kragujevac | ||
| 191x–1918 | Morava Ćuprija | ||
| 1918–1926 | Jugoslavija Beograd | 7 | (0) |
| 1927–192x | Soko Beograd | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1913–1914 | Velika Srbija (player/coach) | ||
| 1914 | Srpski mač | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Alois Machek (known in Serbian as Alojz Mahek/Алојз Махек) was a Czech football player and coach, responsible for the popularization of football in Serbia and Yugoslavia during the first two decades of the 20th century.
Machek was born in Hradec Králové, Kingdom of Bohemia, back then part of Austro-Hungary, nowadays of Czech Republic, Machek started playing football in the local club. Then he became a metallurgic employee at the Škoda factory in Plzeň and played for a club named Češký lev. He received a message from his friend and compatriot, Eduard Mifek, who was already playing football in Serbia; Mifek invited him to become a player of a newly founded club, SK Velika Srbija. Machek met an envoy from the club, Serbian footballer Josip Furjanović, in Vienna, who presented him the proposal, and Machek accepted. He arrived in Belgrade, capital of Kingdom of Serbia, in 1913 at the age of 18.
There is a doubt regarding this period. Alois Machek was Czech that played in Czechoslovakia but when Velika Srbija envoys went on to meet hm, they went to Vienna, Austria. In 1913, when the meeting took place, there was a player named Machek playing in the Austrian league for SC Rudolfshügel in the 1912–13 season. The issue is pending confirmation to know whether it was Alois Mache who played one season in Austria before coming to Serbia or if that Machek that played that season in Austria is a different person.
Machek was among the first group of players that formed SK Velika Srbija. The first team was formed by young players Vlada Krstić, Mika Mitić, Mileta Jovanović, Jovan Ružić and Milorad Ilić, plus older and experienced Josip Furjanović, Milivoje Ivanović and Eduard Mifek. The club president Danilo Stojanović, who was also the goalkeeper, also recruited FK Šumadija 1903 players Petar Radojković, Mikan Pavlović, Dragoljub Veljković, Milorad Jovanović, Milanče Stefanović, as well as Venčel Petrovický from Bohemia. Besides Machek, Mifek and Perovický were also Czechs. Machek immediately impressed the others with his excellent technique, dribbling and strong shot and, besides being a player, he was also pointed out as team coach. He gained major popularity, and is considered by sports journalist Srbislav Todorović as the sole individual responsible for laying the foundation for modern football in Serbia. He was responsible for introducing the Czech school of football in Serbia, a school which was the most advanced at that time, alongside the Austrian and Hungarian models.
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