SOCCER PLAYER

Bora Kostić

1930 - 2011

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Borivoje "Bora" Kostić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бopивoje "Бора" Kocтић, pronounced [kôstitɕ, kǒ-]; 14 June 1930 – 10 January 2011) was a Serbian footballer. Normally a prolific left winger, Kostić is regarded as one of the finest Yugoslav players of his generation and was well known for his powerful shot and free kick ability. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bora Kostić has received more than 83,108 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Bora Kostić is the 1,154th most popular soccer player (down from 1,061st in 2019), the 154th most popular biography from Serbia (down from 150th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Serbian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 83k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Bora Kostić ranks 1,154 out of 21,273. Before him are John Hansen, Takeshi Natori, Bert Patenaude, Carlos Mozer, Márton Bukovi, and Ulf Kirsten. After him are Rudolf Vytlačil, Francisco Aramburu, Karl-Heinz Riedle, Guillermo Gorostiza, Bengt Gustavsson, and Julinho.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Bora Kostić ranks 227. Before him are Jimmy McLane, José Ramón Machado Ventura, Naomi Shemer, Svatopluk Pluskal, Goro Shimura, and The Big Bopper. After him are Jacques Hamel, Ross Perot, Liliana Segre, Norio Ohga, Ken Naganuma, and Frederick Wiseman. Among people deceased in 2011, Bora Kostić ranks 147. Before him are Harri Holkeri, Anatole Abragam, Nirmala Srivastava, Josip Katalinski, Anne McCaffrey, and Jackie Cooper. After him are Sándor Képíró, Ali-Reza Pahlavi, Norio Ohga, Kurt Sanderling, Claude Choules, and Sven Tumba.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Bora Kostić ranks 154 out of 661. Before him are Sinan Sakić (1956), Aleksandar Tišma (1924), Lola Novaković (1935), Momir Bulatović (1956), Bogdan Bogdanović (1922), and Sava II (1199). After him are Slavoljub Muslin (1953), Ljubiša Broćić (1911), Ivan Bek (1909), Dragana Mirković (1968), Uroš Predić (1857), and Milovan Rajevac (1954).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Serbia

Among soccer players born in Serbia, Bora Kostić ranks 13. Before him are Velibor Vasović (1939), Nemanja Vidić (1981), Dejan Stanković (1978), Todor Veselinović (1930), Aleksandar Tirnanić (1910), and Vladica Popović (1935). After him are Ivan Bek (1909), Milovan Rajevac (1954), Blagoje Marjanović (1907), Milorad Pavić (1921), Aleksandar Mitrović (1994), and Mateja Kežman (1979).

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