Antonio Vojak
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antonio Vojak | ||
| Date of birth | 19 November 1904 | ||
| Place of birth |
Pola, Austrian Littoral, Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 9 May 1975 (aged 70) | ||
| Place of death | Varese, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker, midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1924–1925 |
Lazio | 10 | (7) |
| 1925–1929 | Juventus | 102 | (46) |
| 1929–1935 |
Napoli | 190 | (102) |
| 1935–1936 |
Genoa | 17 | (4) |
| 1936–1937 |
Lucchese-Libertas | 1 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1932 | Italy | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1937–39 |
I. G. Empoli | ||
| 1940–43 |
Napoli | ||
| 1947 |
Avellino | ||
| 1955–56 |
Carrarese | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Antonio Vojak (Italian pronunciation: [anˈtɔːnjo ˈvɔːjak], Croatian: [ʋôjaːk];[1] 19 November 1904 – 9 May 1975) was an Italian footballer who played as a striker or midfielder. His playing career was played out during the 1920s and 1930s.
He is most noted for his time with Italian sides
Napoli, for the latter of which he scored 102 goals.[2]
His younger brother Oliviero Vojak played professionally as well, for Juventus and Napoli. To distinguish them, Antonio was known as Vojak I and Oliviero as Vojak II.
Career
Vojak was born in Pula, now in Croatia but then part of Austria-Hungary, and later ceded to the Kingdom of Italy in 1918.
Vojak's football career started with
Lazio during the 1924–25 season, his stay there was very short; playing only 10 games but scoring 7 goals. This caught the attention of Juventus
, who signed up Vojak within that year.
During his three-year stay with the
Italian Football Championship
in 1926, amassing 46 goals in 102 games for the club in total.
He moved on next to
anti-slav
laws, he was forced to use the name Vogliani.
After leaving Napoli, Vojak played only two more seasons; first with
Lucchese-Libertas
in 1936–37 where he played only 1 game. After retiring, he served as a manager. He died in 1975.
Honours
Club
- Juventus
- Italian Football Championship: 1925–26
International
- Central European International Cup: Runner-up: 1931–32
See also
References
- ^ "vòjnīk". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Croatian). Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "Napoli Player Statistics". ClubAngloNapulitano. Archived from the original on 31 December 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2007.