Vilson Džoni
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 24 September 1950 | ||
Place of birth | Split, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Full-back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1968–1978 | Hajduk Split | 207 | (8) |
1978–1979 | Dinamo Zagreb | 30 | (11) |
1979–1981 | Schalke 04 | 55 | (7) |
1982–1986 | Wattenscheid 09 | 130 | (19) |
International career | |||
1974–1978 | Yugoslavia | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Vilson Džoni (Albanian: Vilson Xhoni; born 24 September 1950) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a defender.[1] He was named Yugoslav Footballer of the Year in 1978.
Club career
[edit]Džoni was born in Split to a family from Prizren, and is of Kosovo Albanian descent.[2] He was a full back whose biggest weapon was his speed. At club level, he spent ten years at Hajduk Split playing a total of 207 league games. He then moved to Dinamo Zagreb, where he spent just one year before moving to Schalke 04.
International career
[edit]Džoni made his debut for Yugoslavia in a September 1974 friendly match against Italy and earned a total of four caps. His final international was a November 1978 Balkan Cup match against Greece.[3]
Post-playing career
[edit]Džoni worked as a scout within Croatian First League's Hajduk Split until he retired in 2015.
References
[edit]- ^ "Dzoni, Vilson" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ^ "Vilson Džoni kod Mosora: Miše neće ponovit Červarovu grešku". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 21 February 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
External links
[edit]- Vilson Džoni at WorldFootball.net
- Vilson Džoni at National-Football-Teams.com
- Vilson Džoni at kicker (in German)
- Vilson Džoni at EU-Football.info
- Vilson Džoni at Fussballdaten.de (in German)