Željko Vuković (footballer, born 1962)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Željko Vuković | ||
Date of birth | 9 February 1962 | ||
Place of birth |
Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Jedinstvo Dvor | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1985–1988 |
Dinamo Zagreb | 16 | (1) |
1988–1990 | Dinamo Vinkovci | 69 | (4) |
1990–1991 | NK Osijek | 34 | (1) |
1991–1995 |
Vorwärts Steyr | 136 | (11) |
1995–1999 | Grazer AK | 103 | (7) |
1999–2002 | FC Kärnten | 63 | (0) |
Total | 421 | (24) | |
International career | |||
1991 | Croatia | 1 | (0) |
2001 | Austria | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Željko Vuković (born 9 February 1962) is a retired Croatian–Austrian football player.
Club career
Born in
Vorwärts Steyr, where he stayed four seasons and played 136 matches, having scored 11 goals, an impressive achievement for a defender. In 1995, he made a big move to GAK Graz where he became one of the pillars in the defense. His 103 games, having scored seven goals, say it all. In 1999, and already with 37 springs on his shoulders, he moved to another Austrian Football Bundesliga club FC Kärnten
where he stayed until 2002.
International career
Željko was part of the Croatia national football team in the earliest stages in 1991, playing in an unofficial friendly match against Slovenia. Having afterwards continued his career in Austrian clubs, he received in 2001 a call to play to the Austria national football team, being one of the oldest players to have made the debut for the selection, with a record 39 years. He ended up playing three matches in total for Austria. His final international was a November 2001 World Cup qualification match away against Turkey.[2]
Honours
- 2002 – Austrian Bundesliga Honour award.
References
- ^ FC Kärnten 2001–02 squad at eufo.de
- ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
External links
- Željko Vuković – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Željko Vuković at National-Football-Teams.com
- Željko Vuković at WorldFootball.net