Dionizije Dvornić

Dionizije Dvornić (27 April 1926 – 30 October 1992) was a Croatian football striker who achieved greatest success playing for Dinamo Zagreb in Yugoslav First League in the 1950s.

Dionizije Dvornić
Personal information
Full name Dionizije Dvornić
Date of birth (1926-04-27)27 April 1926
Place of birth Popovac, Kingdom of SCS
Date of death 30 October 1992(1992-10-30) (aged 66)
Place of death Vevey, Switzerland
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1943–1945 Olimpija Osijek
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1949 Proleter Osijek
1950–1955 Dinamo Zagreb 117 (47)
1955–1959 NK Zagreb 53 (17)
1959–1961 Lausanne-Sport
1961–1965 Vevey
International career
1953–1954 Yugoslavia 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

During his time with Dinamo, he won one Yugoslav Cup in 1951 and a Yugoslav First League title in 1954. He made a total of 304 appearances and scored 161 goals for Dinamo, 47 of which were in league games.

Club career

Before joining Dinamo, he played for NK Udarnik (which was renamed NK Proleter in 1947 and later merged with today's NK Osijek) and FK Dinamo Pančevo.[1] After leaving Dinamo he spent four years at NK Zagreb before going abroad and ending his career in Switzerland.[2]

International career

Dvornić made his debut for Yugoslavia in a friendly game against France on 18 October 1953 in Zagreb, and went on to earn 6 caps, scoring one goal for the national squad. He also competed for Yugoslavia at the 1954 FIFA World Cup, when Yugoslavia made it to the quarterfinals only to be knocked out by Germany. His final international was a September 1954 friendly match against Saarland.[3]

Honours

References
  1. Dionizije Dvornić at Reprezentacija.rs
  2. Croatian players in World Cups 1930-2002 at RSSSF
  3. "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
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