Billy Vojtek
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 September 1943 | ||
| Place of birth | IS Croatia | ||
| Playing position | striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Essendon | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962–1972 | Melbourne Croatia | ||
| 1973–1974 | Sydney Croatia | ||
| 1974–1976 | Brunswick Juventus | ||
| 1977–1978 | Essendon Croatia | ||
| 1979–1980 | Green Gully | ||
| 1981–1982 | Western Suburbs | ||
| 1983–1984 | St Albans Saints | ||
| 1984–1986 | Essendon Royals | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 1967–1973 | Australia | 44 | (13) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 Aug 07. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 Aug 07 |
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Billy Vojtek (born 29 September 1943, in Croatia) is a retired Croatian Australian footballer. He migrated to Australia with his family as a child in 1956 and started playing for Essendon Juniors before representing Victoria from the under 13s to under 18s. Vojtek played the majority of his career with Croatia (Melbourne) and is now the coach of the Melbourne Knights U/16 squad located in Sunshine Melbourne. In 2010 Vojtek was presented with recognition of 50 years of service to the Melbourne Knights. Vojtek was selected in the Melbourne Knights Team of the Century as the number 9, the team's other striker was Mark Viduka.
In 1962 he changed clubs to Croatia (Melbourne) who were playing in Division One North at that time, and he was the club's top scorer and won the best and fairest award. In 1966 he represented Victoria, and played a total of 34 games and scored 12 goals for them. In 1972 Croatia (Melbourne) was expelled from the Victoria State Federation, and Vojtek moved to Sydney Croatia for the 1973 season before returning to Melbourne with (Brunswick) Juventus in June 1974. In 1975 he won the Bill Fleming Medal. In 1977 he moved to the Essendon Lions, who became known as Essendon Croatia shortly after he joined. He again changed teams to Green Gully in 1979. His career was interrupted by an Achilles tendon injury and he had spells at Western Suburbs, St Albans Dinamo and Essendon Triestina to finish his playing career. In 1983 Vojtek and Branko Culina led St Albans to their first title, the Victorian State League Division 2. Vojtek was the leagues top scorer that season with 16 goals.
Vojtek first represented Australia in 1967 as part of the squad that undertook an Asian tour. Between 1976 and 1971 Vojtek only missed one game for the national team. He was the only Croatian in the Australian team at the time.
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