Vinko Cuzzi

Vinko Cuzzi
Personal information
Full name	Vinko Cuzzi
Date of birth	11 July 1940
Place of birth	Split, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death	8 December 2011 (aged 71)
Place of death	Zagreb, Croatia
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1958–1968	Hajduk Split
1968	Lausanne-Sport
1969	Hajduk Split
International career
1965–1966	Yugoslavia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vinko Cuzzi (11 July 1940 – 8 December 2011) was a Croatian footballer who played as right back or libero.^[1]

Playing career

Club

Cuzzi was the Hajduk Split squad captain for several years, receiving the trophy when Hajduk won the 1967 Yugoslav Cup, which was also their first triumph in that competition.

International

He made his debut for Yugoslavia in a September 1965 friendly match away against the Soviet Union and earned a total of 8 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a June 1966 friendly away against West Germany.^[2]

Post-playing career

After his playing career, he worked as a lawyer and later as a judge in the county court of Split. He was also a long time member of Hajduk's executive board as well as the president of its assembly from 1994 to 1996.

Personal life

His son Ivo Cuzzi was also a footballer.

Honours

Hajduk Split

Yugoslav Cup: 1966–67

References

^ Reprezentacija.rs. "Vinko Cuzzi profile at Reprezentacija.rs" (in Serbian). Retrieved 5 December 2018.
^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 3 July 2022.

External links

Vinko Cuzzi at National-Football-Teams.com
Vinko Cuzzi at WorldFootball.net

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[Vinko_Cuzzi_profile_at_Reprezentacija.rs-1] Reprezentacija.rs. "Vinko Cuzzi profile at Reprezentacija.rs" (in Serbian). Retrieved 5 December 2018.

[2] "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 3 July 2022.

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