Joško Vidošević (11 January 1935 – 10 August 1990), nicknamed Jole, was a Croatian footballer. He played for both Yugoslavia and Croatia at international level.

Club career

A native of

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, Vidošević joined local side

Hajduk Split Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split () or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, t ...

as a youngster in 1949 and debuted for the first team squad in 1952. He went on to spend the next 10 years with the club, appearing in a total of 349 games and scored 228 goals (including 143 appearances and 63 goals in the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

). During his time at Hajduk he also helped the club win the

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and 1954–55 national championships. In 1962 he left the club and had brief stints with local rivals

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in 1963 and at

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side

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in 1964, when he retired from active football due to illness. He later worked in Hajduk's club management and served as chairman of Hajduk between June 1985 and November 1986.

International career

Vidošević was capped for

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

three times in 1955 and was a member of the squad which won silver medal at the

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. He also appeared for

PR Croatia The Socialist Republic of Croatia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Hrvatska, Социјалистичка Република Хрватска), or SR Croatia, was a constituent republic and federated state of the Sociali ...

in an unofficial friendly against

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held in

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on 12 September 1956.

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Serbia national football team The Serbia national football team ( sr, Фудбалска репрезентација Србије, Fudbalska reprezentacija Srbije) represents Serbia in men's international football competition. It is controlled by the Football Association of ...

website {{DEFAULTSORT:Vidosevic, Josko 1935 births 1990 deaths Footballers from Split, Croatia Men's association football forwards Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's international footballers Dual men's international footballers Footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Yugoslavia Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics HNK Hajduk Split players RNK Split players FC Lugano players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Burials at Lovrinac Cemetery