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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 177,851 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Branko Zebec is the 572nd most popular soccer player (down from 371st in 2019), the 91st most popular biography from Croatia (down from 65th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Croatian Soccer Player.

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  • 57.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Branko Zebec ranks 572 out of 21,273. Before him are Keylor Navas, Jiro Miyake, Raí, Marco Tardelli, Tomohiko Ikoma, and Tsukasa Hosaka. After him are Arawa Kimura, José Manuel Moreno, Santiago Cañizares, Guido Buchwald, Shumpei Inoue, and David Ginola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Branko Zebec ranks 139. Before him are Gabriel Urgebadze, Ira Levin, Kateb Yacine, Burhan Sargun, Vladimír Menšík, and Vasily Shukshin. After him are John Conyers, Jaakko Hintikka, Aleksandra Pakhmutova, Eva Schloss, Poul Schlüter, and Christos Sartzetakis. Among people deceased in 1988, Branko Zebec ranks 65. Before him are George Uhlenbeck, Sergey Gorshkov, Vladimír Menšík, Lev Pontryagin, Bluma Zeigarnik, and Henry Murray. After him are Takeo Miki, Anna Mahler, Piero Taruffi, Viktors Arājs, Charles Addams, and Andrija Artuković.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Branko Zebec ranks 91 out of 700. Before him are Vladko Maček (1879), Giorgio da Sebenico (1410), Ilija Petković (1945), Vatroslav Jagić (1838), Fausto Veranzio (1551), and Milan Martić (1954). After him are Branko Lustig (1932), Marino Ghetaldi (1568), Ivo Sanader (1953), Franz von Bayros (1866), Janko Bobetko (1919), and Andrej Plenković (1970).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Croatia

Among soccer players born in Croatia, Branko Zebec ranks 9. Before him are Stjepan Bobek (1923), Dražan Jerković (1936), Josip Skoblar (1941), Vladimir Beara (1928), Zvonimir Boban (1968), and Ilija Petković (1945). After him are Mario Mandžukić (1986), Slaven Bilić (1968), Zlatko Čajkovski (1923), Petar Nadoveza (1942), Bernard Vukas (1927), and Mirko Jozić (1940).

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