Đoni Tafra Explained

Đoni Tafra
Fullname:Đoni Tafra
Birth Date:23 February 1968
Birth Place:Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Position:Goalkeeper
Years1:1979–1986
Years2:1990–1994
Clubs2:Šibenik
Years3:1994–1996
Clubs3:Varteks
Years4:1996–2003
Clubs4:Rijeka
Years5:2004–2006
Clubs5:Ogulin
Caps1:0
Goals1:0
Caps2:32
Goals2:0
Caps3:2
Goals3:0
Caps4:176
Goals4:0

Đoni Tafra (born 23 February 1968) is a Croatian retired football player.

Career

Tafra started his career in Hajduk Split. He did not make any appearances in official matches, he did however play one friendly match.[1]

Tafra made the biggest mark as a goalkeeper with HNK Rijeka, collecting 176 Prva HNL caps over seven seasons.[2] He is regarded as one of Rijeka's top goalkeepers of all time, particularly since the 1990s, and is remembered by his heroics during the finish of the 1998–99 Prva HNL season. During the 1996–97 Prva HNL season he did not concede a goal for 470 minutes.[3]

Honours

NK Ogulin

2004-05

Career statistics

Club performanceLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalTotal
SeasonClubLeagueApps GoalsApps GoalsApps GoalsApps GoalsApps Goals
YugoslaviaLeagueYugoslav CupLeague CupEuropeTotal
1988-89NK Hajduk SplitYugoslav First League00
1989-9000
1990-91NK ŠibenikYugoslav Second League130130
CroatiaLeagueCroatian CupSuper CupEuropeTotal
1992HNK ŠibenikPrva HNL160160
1992-9300
1993-94301040
1994-95NK Varteks1010
1995-961010
1996-97HNK Rijeka16000160
1997-9826010270
1998-9932020340
1999-003001020330
2000-013000040340
2001-0224020260
2002-031801010200
Rijeka total17607000701900
2004-05NK Ogulin4. HNL - Karlovac County
2005-063. HNL - Centre2020
Total
Career total210010000702270
[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://hajduk.hr/eng/history/players Hajduk players database
  2. http://users3.jabry.com/gnjavaza/igrac.asp?ID=70 TAFRA Djoni
  3. Lazzarich, Marinko (2008) (in Croatian). Kantrida bijelih snova. Rijeka: Adamić., pp. 351–2.
  4. News: Đoni Tafra statistics. hrnogomet.com . 1 June 2018.