Vlatko Đolonga (born 30 September 1976) is a retired

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n football defender. He made his debut for the

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in a friendly match against South Korea on 10 November 2001. He has a total of three international caps.

CLub career

Đolonga started his career at his hometown club Hajduk Split. In the 1994/1995 season, he was loaned out to NK Uskok, that won the Druga HNL. However, he got injured and Hajduk did not want to offer him a senior contract. He moved to Solin Građa for the 1995/1996 season, and in the 1996/1997 season made his Prva HNL debut with

NK Orijent HNK Orijent is a football club from Sušak, the eastern part of the city of Rijeka, Croatia. The club was established under the name ''Orient'' in 1919. They compete in the Croatian Second Football League. It is a phoenix club of NK Orijent w ...

. The following year he moved, this time to Hrvatski Dragovoljac, where he played 87 games in three seasons before moving to Spain to play for

Deportivo Alavés Deportivo Alavés, S.A.D. (; ''Sporting Alavés''), usually abbreviated to Alavés, is a Spanish football club based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Founded on 1 July 1920 as Sport Friends Club, it ...

. After playing just three games, he returned to Croatia to play for Hajduk Split. After his contract ended in June 2007, Đolonga joined

NK Mosor NK Mosor, also known as HBDNK "Mosor – Sveti Jure", is a Croatian football club from Žrnovnica, settlement which is part of the city of Split on the Croatian coast. The club was founded in 1928. It existed until World War II when most of its ...

, but decided to retire from football in September 2007, after playing just two games for the club.

International career

He made his debut for

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in a November 2001

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away against

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, coming on as a 46th-minute substitute for

Josip Šimunić Josip "Joe" Šimunić (; born 18 February 1978) is a Croatian retired footballer and current manager of the Croatia national under-19 team. Born in Australia to Bosnian Croat parents, Šimunić started his career at Melbourne Knights then mov ...

, and earned a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a November 2002 friendly away against

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Vlatko Đolonga
at the Croatian Football Federation 1976 births Living people Footballers from Split, Croatia Association football fullbacks Croatian footballers Croatia international footballers NK Uskok players NK Solin players HNK Orijent players NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac players Deportivo Alavés players HNK Hajduk Split players NK Mosor players First Football League (Croatia) players Second Football League (Croatia) players Croatian Football League players La Liga players Croatian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Spain {{Croatia-footy-defender-stub