Vinko Cuzzi

Vinko Cuzzi
Personal information
Full name	Vinko Cuzzi
Date of birth	11 July 1940
Place of birth	Split, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death	8 December 2011 (aged 71)
Place of death	Zagreb, Croatia
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1958–1968	Hajduk Split
1968	Lausanne-Sport
1969	Hajduk Split
International career
1965–1966	Yugoslavia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vinko Cuzzi (11 July 1940 – 8 December 2011) was a Croatian footballer who played as right back or libero.^[1]

Playing career[edit]

Club[edit]

Cuzzi was the Hajduk Split squad captain for several years, receiving the trophy when Hajduk won the 1967 Yugoslav Cup, which was also their first triumph in that competition.

International[edit]

He made his debut for Yugoslavia in a September 1965 friendly match away against the Soviet Union and earned a total of 8 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a June 1966 friendly away against West Germany.^[2]

Post-playing career[edit]

After his playing career, he worked as a lawyer and later as a judge in the county court of Split. He was also a long time member of Hajduk's executive board as well as the president of its assembly from 1994 to 1996.

Personal life[edit]

His son Ivo Cuzzi was also a footballer.

Honours[edit]

Hajduk Split

Yugoslav Cup: 1966–67

References[edit]

^ Reprezentacija.rs. "Vinko Cuzzi profile at Reprezentacija.rs" (in Serbian). Retrieved 5 December 2018.
^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 3 July 2022.

External links[edit]

Vinko Cuzzi at National-Football-Teams.com
Vinko Cuzzi at WorldFootball.net

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[Vinko_Cuzzi_profile_at_Reprezentacija.rs-1] Reprezentacija.rs. "Vinko Cuzzi profile at Reprezentacija.rs" (in Serbian). Retrieved 5 December 2018.

[2] "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 3 July 2022.

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