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Stjepan Bobek

1923 - 2010

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Stjepan Bobek (pronounced [stjêpaːn bǒbek]; 3 December 1923 – 22 August 2010) was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional football striker and later football manager. Usually a forward or attacking midfielder, Bobek was renowned for his technique, vision and goalscoring ability and is commonly regarded as one of Yugoslavia's greatest players. He is remembered for his time at Belgrade's Partizan, where he moved to following the end of World War II. He played for Partizan between 1945 and 1959 helping them win two Yugoslav First League titles and four Yugoslav Cups, and was named the club's greatest player in history in 1995. Internationally, he is the second all-time top scorer for the Yugoslavia national team, scoring 38 goals in 63 appearances between 1946 and 1956, and was member of Yugoslav squads which won two Olympic silver medals (in 1948 and 1952) and played in two FIFA World Cups (in 1950 and 1954). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stjepan Bobek is the 246th most popular soccer player (down from 178th in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 36th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Croatian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Stjepan Bobek ranks 246 out of 21,273. Before him are Samuel Eto'o, Kevin Keegan, Waichiro Omura, Andrés Iniesta, Bert Trautmann, and Ștefan Kovács. After him are Takashi Kano, Megumu Tamura, Dani Alves, Kim Sung-gan, David James, and Radomir Antić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Stjepan Bobek ranks 53. Before him are Erland Josephson, Vladimir Gelfand, Aristides Pereira, Ahmet Ertegun, Yelena Bonner, and Bert Trautmann. After him are Walter Kohn, René Thom, Freeman Dyson, Mukesh, Stephanie Kwolek, and Jorge Semprún. Among people deceased in 2010, Stjepan Bobek ranks 41. Before him are Dino De Laurentiis, Miep Gies, Vladimir Arnold, Joan Sutherland, Francisco Varallo, and Henryk Górecki. After him are Arthur Penn, Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma, Blake Edwards, Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen, Enzo Bearzot, and Sigmar Polke.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Stjepan Bobek ranks 38 out of 700. Before him are Stjepan Radić (1871), Zoran Milanović (1966), Franciscus Patricius (1529), Ivan Ribar (1881), Omar Pasha (1806), and Margaret of Hungary (1242). After him are Marko Marulić (1450), Tomislav Ivić (1933), Veljko Kadijević (1925), Dubravka Ugrešić (1949), Dražan Jerković (1936), and Tomislav of Croatia (null).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Croatia

Among soccer players born in Croatia, Stjepan Bobek ranks 3. Before him are Luka Modrić (1985), and Davor Šuker (1968). After him are Dražan Jerković (1936), 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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