Antonio Vojak (, ; 19 November 1904 – 9 May 1975) was an Italian footballer who played as a striker or

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. His playing career was played out during the 1920s and 1930s. He is most noted for his time with Italian sides

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and

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, for the latter of which he scored 102 goals. 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

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, now in

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but then part of

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, and later ceded to the

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in 1918. Vojak's football career started with

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during the 1924–25 season, his stay there was very short; playing only 10 games but scoring 7 goals. This caught the attention of

, who signed up Vojak within that year. During his three-year stay with the

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ese team, Vojak was part of a squad which won the

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in 1926, amassing 46 goals in 102 games for the club in total. He moved on next to

, 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

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once in 1932 where he played

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in the silver medal winning

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campaign. Due to

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anti-slav laws, he was forced to use the name ''Vogliani''. After leaving Napoli, Vojak played only two more seasons; first with

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and then with Lucchese-Libertas in 1936–37 where he played only 1 game. After retiring, he served as a manager. He died in 1975.

Honours

Club

;Juventus *

: 1925–26

International

;

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: Runner-up: 1931–32

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vojak, Antonio 1904 births 1977 deaths Footballers from Pula Italian men's footballers Serie A players Serie C players Juventus FC players SSC Napoli players SSC Napoli managers Genoa CFC players Lucchese 1905 players SS Lazio players People from the Margraviate of Istria Italy men's international footballers Italian people of Croatian descent Istrian Italian people Men's association football forwards Men's association football midfielders Italian football managers Empoli FC managers 20th-century Italian sportsmen

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