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Dražan Jerković

1936 - 2008

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Dražan Jerković (Croatian pronunciation: [drǎʒan jěːrkoʋitɕ]; 6 August 1936 – 9 December 2008) was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional football manager and player. A forward, his professional playing career spanned from 1954 to 1966, during which he played for Dinamo Zagreb and AA La Gantoise. His first name is sometimes (incorrectly) spelled "Dražen". He was born in Šibenik, at the time in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dražan Jerković is the 281st most popular soccer player (down from 211th in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Croatia (down from 42nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Croatian Soccer Player.

Dražan Jerković is most famous for being a Serbian war criminal who was convicted of crimes against humanity, including genocide and crimes against the laws of war.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Dražan Jerković ranks 281 out of 21,273. Before him are Willy van de Kerkhof, Clarence Seedorf, Vittorio Pozzo, Kiyonosuke Marutani, Masahiro Hamazaki, and Harald Schumacher. After him are Franck Ribéry, Setsu Sawagata, Kenzo Ohashi, Niko Kovač, Zbigniew Boniek, and Enrique Ballestrero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Dražan Jerković ranks 72. Before him are Jack Lousma, Iolanda Balaș, Samuel C. C. Ting, Petar Mladenov, Richard Wilson, and Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud. After him are Raymond Poulidor, Assia Djebar, Engelbert Humperdinck, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Moussa Traoré, and Bruce Dern. Among people deceased in 2008, Dražan Jerković ranks 54. Before him are Aimé Césaire, Edward Norton Lorenz, Tassos Papadopoulos, Masanobu Fukuoka, Phil Hill, and Dino Risi. After him are Robert Rauschenberg, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Chiara Lubich, Horst Tappert, Bernardin Gantin, and Ivan Rebroff.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Dražan Jerković ranks 43 out of 700. Before him are Margaret of Hungary (1242), Stjepan Bobek (1923), Marko Marulić (1450), Tomislav Ivić (1933), Veljko Kadijević (1925), and Dubravka Ugrešić (1949). After him are Tomislav of Croatia (null), Felix Weingartner (1863), Ivan Meštrović (1883), Ljudevit Gaj (1809), Josip Skoblar (1941), and Matthias Flacius (1520).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Croatia

Among soccer players born in Croatia, Dražan Jerković ranks 4. Before him are Luka Modrić (1985), Davor Šuker (1968), and Stjepan Bobek (1923). After him are Josip Skoblar (1941), Zlatko Čajkovski (1923), Branko Zebec (1929), Vladimir Beara (1928), Zvonimir Boban (1968), Ilija Petković (1945), Mario Mandžukić (1986), and Ivan Perišić (1989).

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