SOCCER PLAYER

Dragoslav Šekularac

1937 - 2019

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Dragoslav Šekularac (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгослав Шекуларац, pronounced [drǎgoslaʋ ʃekulârats]; 8 November 1937 – 5 January 2019) was a Yugoslav and Serbian professional footballer and coach. Nicknamed Šeki, he was quick and crafty with the ball, displaying creative skills which turned many heads. Possessing supreme self-confidence along with impeccable technical ability, he was one of the biggest showmen and crowd draws in the history of Yugoslav football. His enormous popularity throughout FPR Yugoslavia during the early 1960s transcended sports as he easily became one of the most recognizable individuals in the country. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dragoslav Šekularac is the 475th most popular soccer player (down from 297th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from North Macedonia and the most popular Macedonian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Dragoslav Šekularac ranks 475 out of 21,273Before him are Claudio Gentile, Petr Čech, Erling Braut Håland, Jaap Stam, Milan Galić, and Tsuyoshi Kunieda. After him are Abe Lenstra, Quique Setién, Kazumi Takada, Amarildo Tavares da Silveira, Patrick Kluivert, and Atsuyoshi Furuta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Dragoslav Šekularac ranks 92Before him are Valentin Pavlov, Yoshirō Mori, Tamara Bunke, Tamara Press, Song Hye-rim, and Maryse Condé. After him are George Takei, Keizō Obuchi, Ronald Venetiaan, Eugen Doga, Jerry Reed, and Erich Segal. Among people deceased in 2019, Dragoslav Šekularac ranks 88Before him are Henri, Count of Paris, Michel Serres, Valery Bykovsky, André Previn, Matti Nykänen, and Max Wright. After him are Valentina Cortese, Felice Gimondi, Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório, Princess Christina of the Netherlands, Mark Hollis, and Vladimir Bukovsky.

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In North Macedonia

Among people born in North Macedonia, Dragoslav Šekularac ranks 12 out of 156Before him are Kiro Gligorov (1917), Esma Redžepova (1943), Nexhmije Hoxha (1921), Sigeric (370), Stobaeus (401), and Agron (null). After him are Konstantin Tih (1240), Ljubiša Samardžić (1936), Gjorge Ivanov (1960), Boris Trajkovski (1956), Lazar Koliševski (1914), and Miljan Miljanić (1930).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In North Macedonia

Among soccer players born in North Macedonia, Dragoslav Šekularac ranks 1After him are Darko Pančev (1965), Boban Babunski (1968), Goran Pandev (1983), Boško Gjurovski (1961), Gjoko Hadžievski (1955), Kiril Dojčinovski (1943), Goce Sedloski (1974), Blazhe Ilijoski (1984), Ivan Trichkovski (1987), Milko Djurovski (1963), and Admir Mehmedi (1991).