Vinko Buljubasic (born 9 July 1973 in Melbourne, Australia) was an Australian football (soccer) player who used to play for NSL clubs Melbourne Knights, Perth Glory and the Football Kingz. New Zealand Knights Football Club (known as Football Kingz Football Club until 2004) were the only professional football club in New Zealand before they became defunct. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, they played in the Hyundai A-League, Australia's premier football competition and have since been replaced by the Wellington Phoenix. Football Kingz FC (promoted as Auckland Kingz within Australia) joined the Australian National Soccer League in 1999 and proceeded to play in the last five seasons of the NSL, failing to qualify for the playoffs in every season.