Dionizije Dvornić (27 April 1926 – 30 October 1992) was a

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striker who achieved greatest success playing for

Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo ...

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, ...

in the 1950s. During his time with Dinamo, he won one

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...

in 1951 and a

title in 1954. He made a total of 304 appearances and scored 161 goals for Dinamo, 47 of which were in league games.

Club career

Before joining Dinamo, he played for NK Udarnik (which was renamed NK Proleter in 1947 and later merged with today's

NK Osijek Nogometni klub Osijek ( en, Osijek Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Osijek or simply Osijek (), is a Croatian professional football club from Osijek. Founded in 1947, it was the club from Slavonia with the most seasons in the Yugoslav F ...

) and

FK Dinamo Pančevo FK Dinamo Pančevo () was a defunct football club based in Pančevo, Vojvodina, Serbia. The club, founded in 1945, should not be confused with Dinamo 1945, founded in 2014. History Founded in 1945, the club made its competitive debut in the 194 ...

.Dionizije Dvornić
at Reprezentacija.rs After leaving Dinamo he spent four years at

NK Zagreb Nogometni klub Zagreb (''Zagreb Football Club''), commonly known as NK Zagreb or simply Zagreb (), is a Croatian amateur football club based in the Croatian capital city of Zagreb. It currently competes in the fifth tier league competition of ...

before going abroad and ending his career in Switzerland.

International career

Dvornić made his debut for

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

in a friendly game against

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on 18 October 1953 in Zagreb, and went on to earn 6 caps, scoring one goal for the national squad. He also competed for Yugoslavia at the

1954 FIFA World Cup The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerla ...

, when Yugoslavia made it to the quarterfinals only to be knocked out by Germany. His final international was a September 1954

friendly match An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, a scrimmage, a demonstration, a preseason game, a warmup match, or a preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the player's or ...

against

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Honours

**Winner (1): 1953–54 **Runner-up (1):

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**Winner (1): 1951 **Runner-up (1): 1950

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dvornic, Dionizije 1926 births 1992 deaths People from Popovac Men's association football forwards Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers 1954 FIFA World Cup players NK Osijek players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players NK Zagreb players FC Lausanne-Sport players FC Vevey United players Yugoslav First League players Swiss Super League players Swiss Challenge League players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland