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Tonko Vukušić
Personal information
Date of birth (1934-05-24)24 May 1934
Place of birth Split, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death 17 January 2011(2011-01-17) (aged 76)
Place of death Vinkovci, Croatia
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–1961 Dinamo Vinkovci
1961–1962 Lokomotiva Vinkovci
Managerial career
1963 Lokomotiva Vinkovci
1982–1985 Dinamo Vinkovci
1986–1987 Vojvodina
1989 Toronto Croatia
1989–1990 Osijek
1990–1991 Dinamo Vinkovci
1995–1997 Mladost 127
1997–1998 Cibalia
1998–1999 Mladost 127
1999–2000 Kamen Ingrad
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tonko Vukušić (24 May 1934 – 17 January 2011) was a Croatian professional footballer and coach.

Career[edit]

Vukušić played in the Croatian Republic Football League in 1950 with NK Dinamo Vinkovci.[1] He played with Dinamo until the 1961 season where he later signed with Lokomotiva Vinkovci and retired in 1963 due to injuries.[1]

Managerial career[edit]

Vukušić transitioned into a head coach in 1963 to manage Lokomotiva Vinkovci.[1] In 1982, he returned to his former club Dinamo Vinkovci as head coach in the Yugoslav Second League, and secured promotion to the Yugoslav First League by winning the West Division title.[2] He remained with Vinkovci until the 1985 season and managed FK Vojvodina in 1986 where he secured promotion for the club to the top tier by winning the league.[3] In 1989, he served as the head coach for Toronto Croatia in the National Soccer League.[4] In late 1989, he was named the head coach for NK Osijek in the Yugoslav First League.[5]

In 1991, he returned to manage Dinamo Vinkovci in the Yugoslav Second League.[6] In 1995, he managed in the Croatian First Football League with NK Mladost 127 for two seasons, and returned in the 1998-99 season.[7] In 1997, he returned to former team Dinamo Vinkovci later changed to HNK Cibalia in the Croatian Second Football League. In 1999, he managed in the Croatian Third Football League with NK Kamen Ingrad and secured the league title and promotion to the Croatian Second League.[8][9] He later became the president of the association of coaches for the Croatian First Football League.[10]

Personal life[edit]

He died on January 17, 2011.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Medo, Simac, Ivica, Ivan (January 17, 2011). "Preminuo legendarni vinkovački trener Tonko Vukušić". Gol.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2020-09-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • ^ "Slobodna Dalmacija - Preminuo legendarni Tonko Vukušić". slobodnadalmacija.hr (in Croatian). 2011-01-17. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  • ^ Subotin, Miloš (August 25, 2019). "Jovan Kovrlija passed away". ФК Војводина. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  • ^ Da Costa, Norman (August 8, 1989). "A sports tale to warm your heart An athlete's dream comes true with aid of transplanted ticker". Toronto Star. p. B7.
  • ^ "generacije 85-95". bijelo-plavi.com. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  • ^ "Povijest Cibalije". nogometplus.net (in Croatian). 2017-05-07. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  • ^ "Tonko Vukušić". hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  • ^ "Nogometni leksikon". nogomet.lzmk.hr. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  • ^ Puric, Bojan (May 8, 2000). "3. HNL: Žminj na vrhu, K. Ingrad posrnuo u Đakovu - Sportnet". sportnet.rtl.hr. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  • ^ "Zajednica sportskih udruga grada Vinkovaca - Preminuo Tonko Vukušić - legenda vinkovačkog športa". www.sport-vinkovci.hr. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  • ^ "Preminuo Tonko Vukušić". Pogled.ba (in Croatian). 2011-01-17. Retrieved 2020-09-17.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tonko_Vukušić&oldid=1210204344"

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