Ivan Jakov Džoni (Albanian: Xhoni; born 25 July 1994) is a retired Croatian football forward who last played for Sloga Mravince.

Ivan Jakov Džoni
Personal information
Full name Ivan Jakov Džoni
Date of birth (1994-07-25) 25 July 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Split, Croatia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Sloga Mravince
Youth career
2005–2011 Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Hajduk Split 2 (0)
2013 Hajduk Split B 12 (5)
2013-2014 Cibalia 18 (1)
2014 Dugopolje 10 (2)
2015 Rudeš 28 (8)
2016 Dukla Banská Bystrica 15 (4)
2017 Tampines Rovers 18 (7)
2018 Imotski 14 (5)
2018–2019 Solin 15 (0)
2019 Junak Sinj 13 (1)
2019–2020 RNK Split 14 (4)
2020 Sloga Mravince 8 (0)
International career
2010 Croatia U17 7 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:20, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

He is the son of Vilson Džoni, a former Hajduk player.[1]

Club career

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Ivan Džoni joined Croatian football giants Hajduk Split'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 Manchester City gave the youngster a 10-day trial at the club.[2]

On 17 May 2013 he made his league debut for Hajduk in a 1-0 victory against NK Osijek. On 2 August 2015 Hajduk terminated his contract.

In February 2019, Džoni joined NK Junak Sinj.[3]

Tampines Rovers

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Dzoni signed for Tampines on 3 January 2017 for the 2017 S.League season.[2] 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.[4] 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 Hougang United, to help the Stags get their first win of the season.[5]

He got the stags back to winning ways, after a mid week 5-0 loss to Filipino side Ceres–Negros F.C. in the AFC Cup, by scoring the only goal in a 1-0 win over Balestier Khalsa FC in match day 3 of the 2017 S.League season. He, however, missed his 2nd penalty in 3 league games after Balestier goalkeeper Zaiful Nizam went the correct way.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Vilson Džoni, legenda 'bilih' se bori za sina: Pa uništit ćete ga". 24sata (in Croatian). 5 December 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Croatian, Korean and Japanese players complete Tampines' foreign slots". FourFourTwo. 4 January 2017. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  3. ^ Profile at Flashscore, flashscore.com
  4. ^ "Poor refereeing spoils Tampines-Albirex S.League opener at National Stadium". Yahoo Sports Singapore. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  5. ^ hermes (4 March 2017). "Sports World: Home get away job done, Tampines win". The Straits Times. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Tampines grind out S.League win over Balestier to bounce back". ESPNFC.com. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
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