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Ilija Petković

1945 - 2020

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Ilija Petković (Serbian Cyrillic: Илија Петковић, pronounced [ǐlija pětkoʋitɕ]; 22 September 1945 – 27 June 2020) was a Serbian footballer and manager. Petković was capped 43 times for Yugoslavia, participating in the 1968 European Football Championship, and in the 1974 FIFA World Cup where he scored a goal in a huge 9–0 win against Zaire. He played much of his career in OFK Beograd, with a mid-career stint playing for Troyes. He began his coaching career in 1990 with his original club, OFK Beograd, and he went on to coach numerous other clubs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ilija Petković is the 651st most popular soccer player (down from 559th in 2019), the 86th most popular biography from Croatia (up from 87th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Croatian Soccer Player.

Ilija Petković is most famous for being the first person to ever break the sound barrier in a jet.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ilija Petković ranks 651 out of 21,273. Before him are Pietro Rava, Gerard Piqué, Robert Pires, Hulk, Ove Kindvall, and Clodoaldo. After him are Álvaro Morata, Gianluca Pagliuca, Aldair, Roberto Martínez, Pablo Dorado, and Héctor Rial.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Ilija Petković ranks 166. Before him are Gal Costa, Dean Koontz, Christine Kaufmann, Radu Lupu, Jessye Norman, and Martin Shaw. After him are Adam Zagajewski, Patty McCormack, Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, Meir Dagan, Princess Michael of Kent, and Barbara Carrera. Among people deceased in 2020, Ilija Petković ranks 137. Before him are Peter Green, Marian Jaworski, Michel Hidalgo, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Agne Simonsson, and Genesis P-Orridge. After him are Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, Mesut Yılmaz, Miloš Jakeš, Alejandro Sabella, Charles Moore, and Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Ilija Petković ranks 86 out of 700. Before him are Franz von Bayros (1866), Francesco Laurana (1430), Giorgio da Sebenico (1410), Archduke Wilhelm of Austria (1895), Stjepan Filipović (1916), and Nikola Pilić (1939). After him are Milan Martić (1954), Slavenka Drakulić (1949), Roberto Ferruzzi (1853), Arsen Dedić (1938), Branko Lustig (1932), and Pavle, Serbian Patriarch (1914).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Croatia

Among soccer players born in Croatia, Ilija Petković ranks 10. Before him are Dražan Jerković (1936), Josip Skoblar (1941), Zlatko Čajkovski (1923), Branko Zebec (1929), Vladimir Beara (1928), and Zvonimir Boban (1968). After him are Mario Mandžukić (1986), Ivan Perišić (1989), Slaven Bilić (1968), Igor Tudor (1978), Bernard Vukas (1927), and Mirko Jozić (1940).

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