1929 - 1988
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, Branko Zebec ranks 371 out of 16,880. Before 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.
1971 - Present
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 365
1982 - Present
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 366
1966 - Present
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 367
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 368
1988 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 369
1984 - Present
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 370
1929 - 1988
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 371
1976 - Present
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 372
1905 - 1990
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 373
1921 - 2007
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 374
1968 - Present
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 375
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 376
1983 - Present
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 377
Among people born in 1929, Branko Zebec ranks 124. Before 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 55. Before 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.
1929 - 1972
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 118
1929 - 2008
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 119
1929 - 2021
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 120
1929 - Present
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 121
1929 - 2023
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 122
1929 - 2013
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 123
1929 - 1988
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 124
1929 - 2012
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 125
1929 - 2014
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 126
1929 - 1992
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 127
1929 - Present
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 128
1929 - Present
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 129
1929 - 2021
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 130
1886 - 1988
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 49
1897 - 1988
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 50
1944 - 1988
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 51
1896 - 1988
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 52
1907 - 1988
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 53
1890 - 1988
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 54
1929 - 1988
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 55
1933 - 1988
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 56
1907 - 1988
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 57
1907 - 1988
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 58
1905 - 1988
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 59
1929 - 1988
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 60
1911 - 1988
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 61
Among people born in Croatia, Branko Zebec ranks 65 out of 589. Before 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).
1416 - 1469
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 59
1928 - 2014
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 60
1855 - 1922
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 61
1538 - 1573
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 62
1914 - 2009
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 63
1897 - 1974
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 64
1929 - 1988
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 65
1916 - 1942
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 66
1551 - 1617
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 67
1923 - 1998
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 68
1949 - 2023
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 69
1964 - 1993
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 70
1621 - 1671
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 71
Among soccer players born in Croatia, Branko Zebec ranks 7. Before 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).
1968 - Present
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 1
1936 - 2008
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 2
1985 - Present
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 3
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 4
1923 - 2010
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 5
1928 - 2014
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 6
1929 - 1988
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 7
1923 - 1998
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 8
1968 - Present
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 9
1986 - Present
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 10
1945 - 2020
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 11
1927 - 1983
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 12
1940 - Present
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 13