Mladen Cukon (born 21 March 1946) is a former Croatian football player.

Mladen Cukon
Personal information
Full name Mladen Cukon
Date of birth (1946-03-21) 21 March 1946 (age 78)
Place of birth Pula, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1970 NK Orijent
1970–1971 Dinamo Zagreb 1 (0)
1971–1975 HNK Rijeka (10)
1976 Toronto Metros-Croatia 26 (0)
1976–1977 NK Osijek 10 (0)
1977 Toronto Metros-Croatia 21 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Born in Pula, as a player he spent much of his career playing in Rijeka for NK Orijent and HNK Rijeka. He also had a short and unsuccessful spell with Dinamo Zagreb playing only one game.[1] Afterwards, he had two stints with Toronto Metros-Croatia in 1976 and 1977, also playing for NK Osijek between the two spells in Canada.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Lazzarich, Marinko (2008) (in Croatian). Kantrida bijelih snova. Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0, pp. 387–8.
  2. ^ "Cukon (U/Cukon__) - Reddit".


Mladen Cukon is now retired and living in Pula. He has one daughter and one son. Also he has two granddaughters named Mia(21) and Chiara(12). Wife named Mirjana is spending her last days with Mladen.