Đoni Tafra (born 23 February 1968) is a Croatian retired football player.

Đoni Tafra
Personal information
Full name Đoni Tafra
Date of birth (1968-02-23) 23 February 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
NK Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1986 Hajduk Split 0 (0)
1990–1994 Šibenik 32 (0)
1994–1996 Varteks 2 (0)
1996–2003 Rijeka 176 (0)
2004–2006 Ogulin
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Tafra started his career in Hajduk Split. He did not make any appearances in official matches, he did however play one friendly match.[1]

Tafra made the biggest mark as a goalkeeper with HNK Rijeka, collecting 176 Prva HNL caps over seven seasons.[2] He is regarded as one of Rijeka's top goalkeepers of all time, particularly since the 1990s, and is remembered by his heroics during the finish of the 1998–99 Prva HNL season. During the 1996–97 Prva HNL season he did not concede a goal for 470 minutes.[3]

Honours

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NK Ogulin

Career statistics

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Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Yugoslavia League Yugoslav Cup League Cup Europe Total
1988-89 NK Hajduk Split Yugoslav First League 0 0
1989-90 0 0
1990-91 NK Šibenik Yugoslav Second League 13 0 13 0
Croatia League Croatian Cup Super Cup Europe Total
1992 HNK Šibenik Prva HNL 16 0 16 0
1992-93 0 0
1993-94 3 0 1 0 4 0
1994-95 NK Varteks 1 0 1 0
1995-96 1 0 1 0
1996-97 HNK Rijeka 16 0 0 0 16 0
1997-98 26 0 1 0 27 0
1998-99 32 0 2 0 34 0
1999-00 30 0 1 0 2 0 33 0
2000-01 30 0 0 0 4 0 34 0
2001-02 24 0 2 0 26 0
2002-03 18 0 1 0 1 0 20 0
Rijeka total 176 0 7 0 0 0 7 0 190 0
2004-05 NK Ogulin 4. HNL - Karlovac County
2005-06 3. HNL - Centre 2 0 2 0
Total
Career total 210 0 10 0 0 0 7 0 227 0

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References

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  1. ^ Hajduk players database
  2. ^ TAFRA Djoni
  3. ^ Lazzarich, Marinko (2008) (in Croatian). Kantrida bijelih snova. Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0, pp. 351–2.
  4. ^ "Đoni Tafra statistics". hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.