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,

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before retiring in 1966.

International career

Čonč was also member of the Yugoslavia squad which won silver medal at the

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, and was capped once for Yugoslavia in a friendly against England held at Wembley on 28 November 1956.

Honours

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

References

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