Vladimir Čonč (13 January 1928 – 15 October 2012) was a Croatian and Yugoslav footballer.

Club career

He played for several clubs from

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, including Građanski, NK Poštar and Lokomotiva, but is best remembered for his eight-year spell with

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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

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). After leaving Dinamo in 1961 he spent several seasons with German lower level sides

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and Opel Rüsselsheim 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

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in a friendly against

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held at

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on 28 November 1956.

Honours

* First Federal League (2): 1953–54, 1957–58 *

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(1):

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