SOCCER PLAYER

Dražan Jerković

1936 - 2008

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Dražan Jerković (Croatian pronunciation: [drǎʒan jěːrkoʋitɕ]; 6 August 1936 – 9 December 2008) was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional football manager and player. A forward, his professional playing career spanned from 1954 to 1966, during which he played for Dinamo Zagreb and AA La Gantoise. His first name is sometimes (incorrectly) spelled "Dražen". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dražan Jerković has received more than 128,578 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Dražan Jerković is the 211th most popular soccer player (down from 193rd in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Croatia (down from 40th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Croatian Soccer Player.

Dražan Jerković is most famous for being a Serbian war criminal who was convicted of crimes against humanity, including genocide and crimes against the laws of war.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Dražan Jerković ranks 211 out of 21,273. Before him are Yozo Aoki, Ernesto Valverde, Gino Colaussi, Pepe, Rinat Dasayev, and Piet Keizer. After him are Zizinho, Gyula Grosics, Careca, Cha Bum-kun, Carlos Bilardo, and Andoni Zubizarreta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Dražan Jerković ranks 58. Before him are Assia Djebar, Choummaly Sayasone, Richard Wilson, Denny Hulme, Boniface Alexandre, and Bekim Fehmiu. After him are Valerie Solanas, Carla Bley, J. Michael Bishop, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz, and Kris Kristofferson. Among people deceased in 2008, Dražan Jerković ranks 45. Before him are Ivan Rebroff, Masanobu Fukuoka, Chiara Lubich, George Carlin, Giuseppe Di Stefano, and Lansana Conté. After him are Robert Rauschenberg, Janez Drnovšek, Phil Hill, Dino Risi, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and Dorothy Vaughan.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Dražan Jerković ranks 42 out of 700. Before him are Stjepan Bobek (1923), Tomislav Ivić (1933), Ivan Gundulić (1589), Ivan Meštrović (1883), Franciscus Patricius (1529), and Veljko Kadijević (1925). After him are Siniša Mihajlović (1969), Josip Skoblar (1941), Ante Gotovina (1955), Zoran Milanović (1966), Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1815), and Ljudevit Gaj (1809).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Croatia

Among soccer players born in Croatia, Dražan Jerković ranks 4. Before him are Luka Modrić (1985), Davor Šuker (1968), and Stjepan Bobek (1923). After him are Josip Skoblar (1941), Vladimir Beara (1928), Zvonimir Boban (1968), Ilija Petković (1945), Branko Zebec (1929), Mario Mandžukić (1986), Slaven Bilić (1968), and Zlatko Čajkovski (1923).

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