Mario Vušković
Personal information
Date of birth (1953-09-09)9 September 1953
Date of death 5 July 1985(1985-07-05) (aged 31)
Place of death Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000–1975 Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1979 Go Ahead Eagles 71 (4)
1979–1981 Heerenveen 11 (0)
1981–1985 Omiš
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mario Vušković (9 September 1953 – 5 July 1985) was a Croatian professional footballer who played most of his career in the Netherlands.

Club career

Having never played for the first team of Hajduk Split, Vušković went on to forge a footballing career in the Netherlands, notching over 70 appearances for Go Ahead Eagles in the Eredivisie.[1]

Personal life and death

Vušković's father, Marko, played for Hajduk Split during World War II, and went on to work as a club executive.[2] His sons, Danijel and Ronald, also went on to play football, with Danijel playing for Hajduk Split and going on to coach their youth teams.[2] His grandsons, Mario, Luka, Moreno and Vito, are also footballers.[2]

He died in a car accident in July 1985, on his way to an NK Omiš game, the club he was playing for at the time.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Mario Vušković at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 3 4 Gabelić, Tomislav; Trifunović, Boris (25 September 2022). "Dinastija Vušković: Pape, dida i pradida bili su stoperi Hajduka" [The Vušković dynasty: Pope, grandfather and great-grandfather were Hajduk stoppers]. 24sata.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 10 November 2022.
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