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Rajko Mitić

1922 - 2008

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Rajko Mitić (Serbian Cyrillic: Рајко Митић, pronounced [rǎːjko mǐːtitɕ]; 19 November 1922 – 29 March 2008) was a Serbian footballer, coach, executive and journalist. A former forward, Mitić is considered one of the most important players in the history of Red Star Belgrade as he is the first out of only five players to have been awarded the Zvezdina zvezda. In December 2014, Red Star Stadium, the principal stadium in Serbia, was officially renamed after him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rajko Mitić is the 536th most popular soccer player (down from 273rd in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from Serbia (down from 70th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Serbian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Rajko Mitić ranks 536 out of 21,273. Before him are Giuseppe Bergomi, Nevio Scala, Antonio Carbajal, Wim Suurbier, Fernando Redondo, and Oliver Bierhoff. After him are Mikel Arteta, Wojciech Szczęsny, Henri Michel, Duncan Edwards, Julen Lopetegui, and Radamel Falcao.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Rajko Mitić ranks 100. Before him are Alistair MacLean, Carlos Andrés Pérez, Paul Marcinkus, Hussein-Ali Montazeri, George Blake, and Kim Hunter. After him are Elmer Bernstein, Ralph H. Baer, Yvonne De Carlo, Anker Jørgensen, José Froilán González, and Patrick Macnee. Among people deceased in 2008, Rajko Mitić ranks 74. Before him are Hugo Claus, Isaac Hayes, Jerry Reed, John List, Youssef Chahine, and Eartha Kitt. After him are Nouhak Phoumsavanh, Mark Felt, Edwin Ernest Salpeter, Bettie Page, Marcial Maciel, and Ken Naganuma.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Rajko Mitić ranks 93 out of 661. Before him are Paul Abraham (1892), Ivo Pogorelić (1958), Miloš Milutinović (1933), Šaban Šaulić (1951), Željko Obradović (1960), and Nadežda Petrović (1873). After him are Borislav Ivkov (1933), Dušan Ivković (1943), Nikolaj Velimirović (1880), Miki Manojlović (1950), Beba Lončar (1943), and Velibor Vasović (1939).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Serbia

Among soccer players born in Serbia, Rajko Mitić ranks 6. Before him are Dragan Džajić (1946), Bora Milutinović (1944), Radomir Antić (1948), Vujadin Boškov (1931), and Miloš Milutinović (1933). After him are Velibor Vasović (1939), Dejan Stanković (1978), Todor Veselinović (1930), Nemanja Vidić (1981), Aleksandar Mitrović (1994), and Dušan Tadić (1988).

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