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Milovan Jakšić

1909 - 1953

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Milovan Jakšić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милован Јакшић; 21 September 1909 – 25 December 1953) was a Yugoslav football goalkeeper. Remembered mostly as El Grande Milovan, the nickname he earned for his excellent saves in the game that Yugoslavia won against Brasil in the First World Cup in Uruguay 1930 FIFA World Cup. He is considered one of the major contributors for Yugoslavia reaching the semi-finals in that tournament. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Milovan Jakšić is the 2,356th most popular soccer player (down from 2,233rd in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Montenegro (down from 53rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Montenegrin Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Milovan Jakšić ranks 2,356 out of 21,273. Before him are Paulo Sérgio, Joel Antônio Martins, Henock Abrahamsson, Lei Clijsters, Yukitaka Omi, and Roque Júnior. After him are Harry Andersson, Juvenal Amarijo, Jorge Costa, Antonio Puerta, Marinho Peres, and Konrad Hirsch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Milovan Jakšić ranks 248. Before him are Abdulrahman Fawzi, Riccardo Cassin, Frank Wykoff, André Bonin, Tom Ewell, and Henock Abrahamsson. After him are Margita Figuli, Szymon Goldberg, Sven Jonasson, Shura Cherkassky, Bernabé Ferreyra, and Eudora Welty. Among people deceased in 1953, Milovan Jakšić ranks 124. Before him are Florence R. Sabin, Isaías Medina Angarita, Eduard Künneke, Alwin Mittasch, Carl Scarborough, and David Curtiss Munson. After him are Szilárd Bogdánffy, Jean Becquerel, Johannes Baumann, Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, Leslie Graham, and Issay Dobrowen.

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In Montenegro

Among people born in Montenegro, Milovan Jakšić ranks 57 out of 142. Before him are Sava Petrović (1702), Krsto Papić (1933), Rambo Amadeus (1963), Zoran Filipović (1953), Fuad Muzurović (1945), and Duško Marković (1958). After him are Frédéric Rossif (1922), Željko Šturanović (1960), Anto Drobnjak (1968), Mirko Vučinić (1983), Jakov Milatović (1986), and Budimir Vujačić (1964).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Montenegro

Among soccer players born in Montenegro, Milovan Jakšić ranks 6. Before him are Dejan Savićević (1966), Predrag Mijatović (1969), Tomislav Crnković (1929), Željko Petrović (1965), and Zoran Filipović (1953). After him are Anto Drobnjak (1968), Mirko Vučinić (1983), Budimir Vujačić (1964), Nikola Radović (1933), Andrija Delibašić (1981), and Stefan Savić (1991).

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