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Branko Zebec

1929 - 1988

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Branislav "Branko" Zebec (17 May 1929 – 26 September 1988) was a Croatian footballer and manager who played for Yugoslavia. In his heyday, Zebec fascinated the world with his performances at the World Cups in 1954 and 1958. With Partizan he won 3 Yugoslav Cups (1952, 1954, 1957). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Branko Zebec has received more than 163,040 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Branko Zebec is the 371st most popular soccer player (up from 461st in 2019), the 65th most popular biography from Croatia (up from 75th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Croatian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Branko Zebec ranks 371 out of 16,880Before him are Fabien Barthez, Petr Čech, Julen Lopetegui, Masafumi Hara, Marcelo, and Wesley Sneijder. After him are Alessandro Nesta, Angelo Schiavio, Nobuo Matsunaga, Oliver Bierhoff, Alain Giresse, and Robin van Persie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Branko Zebec ranks 124Before him are Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Hugo Claus, Osamu Yamaji, Joan Plowright, Antonio Carbajal, and Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti. After him are Alexis Weissenberg, Menahem Golan, Nureddin al-Atassi, Sam Nujoma, Édouard Balladur, and Eric Carle. Among people deceased in 1988, Branko Zebec ranks 55Before him are Willem Drees, Ana Aslan, Chico Mendes, Heo Jeong, Trường Chinh, and Bacha Khan. After him are Renato Salvatori, René Char, Antonín Puč, Giacinto Scelsi, Vladimír Menšík, and Luis Walter Alvarez.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Branko Zebec ranks 65 out of 589Before him are Benedetto Cotrugli (1416), Vladimir Beara (1928), Vlaho Bukovac (1855), Matija Gubec (1538), Pavle, Serbian Patriarch (1914), and Robert Ludvigovich Bartini (1897). After him are Stjepan Filipović (1916), Fausto Veranzio (1551), Zlatko Čajkovski (1923), Dubravka Ugrešić (1949), Dražen Petrović (1964), and Petar Zrinski (1621).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Croatia

Among soccer players born in Croatia, Branko Zebec ranks 7Before him are Davor Šuker (1968), Dražan Jerković (1936), Luka Modrić (1985), Josip Skoblar (1941), Stjepan Bobek (1923), and Vladimir Beara (1928). After him are Zlatko Čajkovski (1923), Zvonimir Boban (1968), Mario Mandžukić (1986), Ilija Petković (1945), Bernard Vukas (1927), and Mirko Jozić (1940).