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Vilson Džoni
Personal information
Date of birth (1950-09-24) 24 September 1950 (age 74)
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

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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

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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

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Džoni worked as a scout within Croatian First League's Hajduk Split until he retired in 2015.

References

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  1. ^ "Dzoni, Vilson" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Vilson Džoni kod Mosora: Miše neće ponovit Červarovu grešku". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 21 February 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
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