Antonio Vojak
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antonio Vojak | ||
| Date of birth | 19 November 1904 | ||
| Place of birth | Pola, Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 9 May 1975 (aged 70) | ||
| Place of death | Varese, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1924–1925 | Lazio | 10 | (7) |
| 1925–1929 | Juventus | 102 | (46) |
| 1929–1935 | Napoli | 190 | (102) |
| 1935–1936 | Genoa | 17 | (4) |
| 1936–1937 | Lucchese-Libertas | 1 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1932 | Italy | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1937–39 | I. G. Empoli | ||
| 1940–43 | Napoli | ||
| 1947 | Avellino | ||
| 1955–56 | Carrarese | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Antonio Vojak (19 November 1904 – 9 May 1975) was a famous Italian footballer who played as a striker. His playing career was played out during the 1920s and 1930s.
He is most noted for his time with Italian sides Juventus and Napoli, the latter of which he holds the second place all-time club record for goals scored in the Italian leagues.[1]
His younger brother Oliviero Vojak played professionally as well, for Juventus and Napoli. To distinguish them, Antonio was known as Vojak I and Oliviero as Vojak II.
Career
Vojak was born in Pula (currently in Croatia), at that time in Austria-Hungary until given to Italy in 1918 and subsequently 1947 to Yugoslavia.
Vojak's football career started with Lazio during the 1924–25 season, his stay there was very short; playing only 10 games but scoring 7 goals. This caught the attention of Juventus, who signed up Vojak within that year.
During his three-year stay with Turin giants, Vojak was part of a squad which won the Italian Football Championship in 1926, amassing 46 goals in 102 games for the club in total, as well as 2 European Cup appearances in 1929 against Slavia Prague.[2]
He moved on next to Napoli where he became an early legend at the club, playing in a squad that featured Attila Sallustro. He stayed with the club until 1935, scoring over 100 goals for them. Vojak also appeared for the Italian national football team once in 1932 where he played midfield. Due to fascist anti-slav laws, he was forced to use the name Vogliani.
After leaving Napoli, Vojak played only two more seasons; first with Genoa and then with Lucchese-Libertas in 1936–37 where he played only 1 game. After retiring, he served as a manager. He died in 1977.
Honours
- Juventus
See also
References
- ↑ "Napoli Player Statistics". ClubAngloNapulitano. Retrieved August 2007. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ Forza-Juventus.com Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.