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Branko Zebec

1929 - 1988

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Branislav "Branko" Zebec (17 May 1929 – 26 September 1988) was a Croatian footballer and manager who played for Yugoslavia. In his heyday, Zebec fascinated the world with his performances at the World Cups in 1954 and 1958. With Partizan he won 3 Yugoslav Cups (1952, 1954, 1957). With Red Star Belgrade he won the national championship in 1960. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Branko Zebec is the 406th most popular soccer player (up from 571st in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Croatia (up from 91st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Croatian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Branko Zebec ranks 406 out of 21,273. Before him are Toshio Miyaji, Yanosuke Watanabe, Francis Lee, Fabien Barthez, Helmut Haller, and Sakae Takahashi. After him are Ruud van Nistelrooy, Giovanni Ferrari, Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Gusztáv Sebes, Akira Matsunaga, and Alf-Inge Håland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Branko Zebec ranks 112. Before him are Andriyan Nikolayev, Joan Plowright, Michael Atiyah, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Carolyn S. Shoemaker, and Věra Chytilová. After him are June Carter Cash, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, André Previn, Bob Newhart, Rajkumar, and Vasily Shukshin. Among people deceased in 1988, Branko Zebec ranks 43. Before him are Jean-Michel Basquiat, Valerie Solanas, Gert Fröbe, Heo Jeong, Willem Drees, and Hermann Graf. After him are Yevgeny Mravinsky, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Giuseppe Saragat, Chico Mendes, Ana Aslan, and Karl August Wittfogel.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Branko Zebec ranks 59 out of 700. Before him are Ivo Josipović (1957), Ivan Gundulić (1589), Luigi Dallapiccola (1904), Krešimir Ćosić (1948), Ante Gotovina (1955), and Zlatko Čajkovski (1923). After him are Josip Bozanić (1949), Dražen Petrović (1964), Milka Planinc (1924), Vladimir Beara (1928), Benedetto Cotrugli (1416), and Milan Babić (1956).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Croatia

Among soccer players born in Croatia, Branko Zebec ranks 7. Before him are Luka Modrić (1985), Davor Šuker (1968), Stjepan Bobek (1923), Dražan Jerković (1936), Josip Skoblar (1941), and Zlatko Čajkovski (1923). After him are Vladimir Beara (1928), Zvonimir Boban (1968), Ilija Petković (1945), Mario Mandžukić (1986), Ivan Perišić (1989), and Slaven Bilić (1968).

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