Vinko Cuzzi | |
Fullname: | Vinko Cuzzi |
Birth Date: | 11 July 1940 |
Birth Place: | Split, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
Death Place: | Zagreb, Croatia |
Position: | Defender |
Years1: | 1958–1968 |
Caps1: | 177 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 1968 |
Clubs2: | Lausanne-Sport |
Years3: | 1969 |
Caps3: | 12 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 1965–1966 |
Nationalteam1: | Yugoslavia |
Nationalcaps1: | 8 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Vinko Cuzzi (11 July 1940 – 8 December 2011) was a Croatian footballer who played as right back or libero.[1]
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.
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]
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.
His son Ivo Cuzzi was also a footballer.
Hajduk Split