Dionizije Dvornić

Dionizije Dvornić

Personal information
Full name	Dionizije Dvornić
Date of birth	27 April 1926
Place of birth	Popovac, Kingdom of SCS
Date of death	30 October 1992 (aged 66)
Place of death	Vevey, Switzerland
Playing position	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
1959–1961	Lausanne-Sport
1961–1965	Vevey
National team
1953–1954	Yugoslavia	6	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

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]

Honours

• Yugoslav First League
  • Winner (1): 1953–54
  • Runner-up (1): 1951
• Yugoslav Cup
  • Winner (1): 1951
  • Runner-up (1): 1950

References

1. Dionizije Dvornić at Reprezentacija.rs
2. Croatian players in World Cups 1930-2002 at RSSSF