Dionizije Dvornić

Dionizije Dvornić
Personal information
Full nameDionizije Dvornić
Date of birth27 April 1926
Place of birthPopovac, Kingdom of SCS
Date of death30 October 1992 (aged 66)
Place of deathVevey, Switzerland
Playing positionForward
Youth career
1943–1945Olimpija Osijek
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1947–1949Proleter Osijek
1950–1955Dinamo Zagreb117(47)
1955–1959NK Zagreb
1959–1961Lausanne-Sport
1961–1965Vevey
National team
1953–1954Yugoslavia6(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

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.

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, coring 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.[1]

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