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Josip Skoblar

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Josip Skoblar (born 12 March 1941) is a Croatian former professional football player and manager. He was primarily a forward, and also capable of playing on both wings. In 1971, he won the European Golden Shoe with 44 goals. He played for Zadar, OFK Belgrade, Hannover 96, Marseille and NK Rijeka. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josip Skoblar is the 332nd most popular soccer player (down from 221st in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 44th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Croatian Soccer Player.

Josip Skoblar is most famous for his role in the assassination of Yugoslavian Prime Minister, King Alexander. Skoblar was a member of the Croatian Revolutionary Organization, which was a group that wanted to create an independent Croatia. Skoblar was a member of the Black Hand, a group within the Croatian Revolutionary Organization that was tasked with assassinating King Alexander. Skoblar and another man shot King Alexander at point-blank range, killing him.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Josip Skoblar ranks 332 out of 21,273. Before him are Sérgio Conceição, Dida, Shoko Hamada, Nagayasu Honda, Nobuo Matsunaga, and Masanobu Izumi. After him are Seki Matsunaga, Diego Forlán, Nani, Hisataka Okamoto, Enzo Francescoli, and Noritaka Hidaka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Josip Skoblar ranks 101. Before him are Stephen Frears, Vladimir Voronin, Hisao Kami, Hagen Kleinert, Michael Stuart Brown, and Anne Rice. After him are Sigmar Polke, Eduardo Duhalde, Otis Redding, Robert Pine, Eric Burdon, and Tarita Teriipaia.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Josip Skoblar ranks 48 out of 700. Before him are Dubravka Ugrešić (1949), Dražan Jerković (1936), Tomislav of Croatia (null), Felix Weingartner (1863), Ivan Meštrović (1883), and Ljudevit Gaj (1809). After him are Matthias Flacius (1520), Siniša Mihajlović (1969), Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1815), Francis, Duke of Teck (1837), Ivo Josipović (1957), and Ivan Gundulić (1589).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Croatia

Among soccer players born in Croatia, Josip Skoblar ranks 5. Before him are Luka Modrić (1985), Davor Šuker (1968), Stjepan Bobek (1923), and Dražan Jerković (1936). After him are 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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