William Vojtek was born on 29 September 1943 and is a retired soccer player.
13 Facts About Billy Vojtek
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Billy Vojtek migrated from Croatia 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.
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In 2010 Billy Vojtek was presented with recognition of 50 years of service to the Melbourne Knights.
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Billy Vojtek was selected in the Melbourne Knights Team of the Century as the number 9, the team's other striker was Mark Viduka.
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In 1972 Croatia was expelled from the Victoria State Federation, and Billy Vojtek moved to Sydney Croatia for the 1973 season before returning to Melbourne with Juventus in June 1974.
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Billy Vojtek again changed teams to Green Gully in 1979.
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Billy Vojtek's 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.
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Billy Vojtek was the league's top scorer that season with 16 goals.
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Billy Vojtek first represented Australia in 1967 as part of the squad that undertook an Asian tour.
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Between 1976 and 1971 Billy Vojtek only missed one game for the national team.
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Billy Vojtek was the only Croatian in the Australian team at the time.
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Billy Vojtek was included in the preliminary 40 man squad for the 1974 World Cup but was omitted from the final 22 man squad with suggestions it was because of differences with the coach Rale Rasic.
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Billy Vojtek is only recognised as playing 29 FIFA matches for Australia and scoring 6 goals.