In 1950, Vukas helped Hajduk win the Yugoslav First League undefeated, a record which has never been broken.

In 1957, he moved to Bologna FC 1909, where he stayed for two years playing 48 games and scoring two goals, but his time there was overshadowed by serious illness.

Counting friendlies, Vukas played a total of 615 games for Hajduk Split and scored 300 goals.

[3] On 23 October 1953, Vukas, along with Branko Zebec, Vladimir Beara and Zlatko Čajkovski, played for FIFA's 'Rest of the World' team against England at Wembley – in a match to celebrate 90 years of English Football Association.

He made his debut for Yugoslavia in a June 1948 Balkan Cup match against Albania and earned a total of 59 caps, scoring 22 goals.