Vladimir Čonč

Croatian footballer

Vladimir Čonč

Personal information

Date of birth

(1928-01-13)13 January 1928

Place of birth

Zagreb, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

Date of death

15 October 2012(2012-10-15) (aged 84)^[1]

Place of death

Zagreb, Croatia

Position(s)

Midfielder

Youth career

Građanski Zagreb

Poštar Zagreb

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

1946–1949

Lokomotiva Zagreb

(5)

1950

Naša Krila Zemun

(0)

1951–1952

Lokomotiva Zagreb

(8)

1953–1961

Dinamo Zagreb

173

(43)

1961–1962

Kickers Offenbach

(5)

1962–1963

Eintracht Bad Kreuznach

(3)

1963–1966

Opel Rüsselsheim

International career

1956

Yugoslavia

(0)

Medal record

Representing Yugoslavia

Men's Football
	1952 Helsinki	Team

*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vladimir Čonč (13 January 1928 – 15 October 2012) was a Croatian footballer.

Club career

He played for several clubs from Zagreb, including Građanski, NK Poštar and Lokomotiva, but is best remembered for his eight-year spell with Dinamo Zagreb where he played from 1953 to 1961. He appeared in a total of 413 games and scored 119 goals for the Blues (including 173 appearances and 43 goals in the Yugoslav First League). After leaving Dinamo in 1961 he spent several seasons with German lower level sides Kickers Offenbach, Eintracht Bad Kreuznach and Opel Rüsselsheim before retiring in 1966.

International career

Čonč was also member of the Yugoslavia squad which won silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics,^[2] and was capped once for Yugoslavia in a friendly against England held at Wembley on 28 November 1956.^[3]^[4]

Honours

Yugoslav First League (2): 1953–54, 1957–58
Yugoslav Cup (1): 1960

References

^ "Čonč Vladimir". Reprezentacija.rs. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
^ "Vladimir Čonč". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
^ "Statistika utakmica reprezentacije". reprezentacija.rs. Retrieved 1 February 2010. ^{[dead link]}
^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 27 June 2022.