Ivan Jakov Džoni (; born 25 July 1994) is a retired

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forward who last played for Sloga Mravince. He is the son of

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, a former Hajduk player.

Club career

Ivan Džoni joined Croatian football giants

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's youth academy in 2005, aged only 12 years old. Throughout his years at Hajduk's youth academy, he was hailed as the new big thing. In the 2010/11 and 2011/12 seasons, he joined the club's senior team in their pre-season preparations. In the summer of 2011, English club

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gave the youngster a 10-day trial at the club. On 17 May 2013 he made his league debut for Hajduk in a 1-0 victory against

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. On 2 August 2015 Hajduk terminated his contract. In February 2019, Džoni joined

NK Junak Sinj Nogometni Klub Junak Sinj (''Football Club Junak Sinj''), commonly referred to as Junak Sinj or just Junak, is a professional Croatian football club based in the town of Sinj, in the southern Croatian region of Dalmatia. They currently compete ...

Tampines Rovers

Dzoni signed for Tampines on 3 January 2017 for the 2017 S.League season. Dzoni made his league debut for Tampines in the 2017 Charity Shield, which doubles up as the league season's opener, in a 1-2 defeat for the Stags. He made a goal but missed a penalty after it was ordered to be retaken. He got his first league goal after successfully converting from the spot kick in the second game against

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, to help the Stags get their first win of the season. He got the stags back to winning ways, after a mid week 5-0 loss to Filipino side Ceres–Negros F.C. in the

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, by scoring the only goal in a 1-0 win over

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in match day 3 of the 2017 S.League season. He, however, missed his 2nd penalty in 3 league games after

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goalkeeper Zaiful Nizam went the correct way.

References

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Semafor site {{DEFAULTSORT:Dzoni, Ivan Jakov 1994 births Living people Footballers from Split, Croatia Croatian people of Albanian descent Croatian people of Kosovan descent Men's association football forwards Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers HNK Hajduk Split players HNK Hajduk Split II players HNK Cibalia players NK Dugopolje players NK Rudeš players FK Dukla Banská Bystrica players Tampines Rovers FC players NK Imotski players NK Solin players NK Junak Sinj players RNK Split players Croatian Football League players First Football League (Croatia) players 2. Liga (Slovakia) players Singapore Premier League players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in Singapore Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Singapore 21st-century Croatian sportsmen