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SOCCER PLAYER

Ilija Petković

1945 - 2020

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Ilija Petković (Serbian Cyrillic: Илија Петковић, pronounced [ǐlija pětkoʋitɕ]; 22 September 1945 – 27 June 2020) was a Serbian footballer and manager. Petković was capped 43 times for Yugoslavia, participating in the 1968 European Football Championship, and in the 1974 FIFA World Cup where he scored a goal in a huge 9–0 win against Zaire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ilija Petković has received more than 125,779 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Ilija Petković is the 631st most popular soccer player (down from 226th in 2019), the 107th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 41st in 2019) and the 11th most popular Croatian Soccer Player.

Ilija Petković is most famous for being the first person to ever break the sound barrier in a jet.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ilija Petković ranks 631 out of 16,880Before him are Takao Nishiyama, Michael Owen, Everaldo, Hugo Gatti, Jordi Cruyff, and Tsuyoshi Kunieda. After him are Agne Simonsson, Félix Miélli Venerando, Carlos José Castilho, Luis Cubilla, Clodoaldo, and Enrico Albertosi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Ilija Petković ranks 164Before him are Michael J. Smith, Lee Jong-wook, Barbara Carrera, Princess Michael of Kent, Vinko Puljić, and Curtis Hanson. After him are Bobby Solo, Radu Lupu, Adam Zagajewski, Marek Grechuta, Assi Dayan, and Fusako Shigenobu. Among people deceased in 2020, Ilija Petković ranks 148Before him are Linda Cristal, Benjamin Mkapa, Vyacheslav Kebich, Mario Bunge, Trini Lopez, and Frances E. Allen. After him are Agne Simonsson, Stuart Whitman, Amadeo Carrizo, Jerry Rawlings, Pentti Linkola, and Jean Raspail.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Ilija Petković ranks 107 out of 589Before him are Marko Krizin (1589), Vladimir Nazor (1876), Ante Trumbić (1864), Andrej Plenković (1970), Arsen Dedić (1938), and Trpimir I of Croatia (850). After him are Demetrius of Pharos (-300), Herman Potočnik (1892), Oliver Dragojević (1947), Bernard Vukas (1927), Josif Pančić (1814), and Giorgio da Sebenico (1410).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Croatia

Among soccer players born in Croatia, Ilija Petković ranks 11Before him are Stjepan Bobek (1923), Vladimir Beara (1928), Branko Zebec (1929), Zlatko Čajkovski (1923), Zvonimir Boban (1968), and Mario Mandžukić (1986). After him are Bernard Vukas (1927), Mirko Jozić (1940), Slaven Bilić (1968), Ivica Horvat (1926), Robert Jarni (1968), and Alen Bokšić (1970).