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 134,864 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Ilija Petković is the 560th most popular soccer player (up from 631st in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from Croatia (up from 107th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Croatian Soccer Player.

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

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ilija Petković ranks 560 out of 21,273. Before him are Paul Scholes, Kiyoo Kanda, Alessandro Altobelli, Andrés Escobar, Héctor Rial, and Giorgio Chinaglia. After him are Javier Mascherano, Geoff Hurst, Masao Nozawa, André Onana, Predrag Mijatović, and Keylor Navas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Ilija Petković ranks 152. Before him are Princess Michael of Kent, Raymond E. Feist, Adam Zagajewski, Hans-Gert Pöttering, Carly Simon, and Lee Jong-wook. After him are Gary Brooker, John Banville, Brenda Fricker, Frans Sammut, Rhonda Byrne, and Baghdadi Mahmudi. Among people deceased in 2020, Ilija Petković ranks 120. Before him are David Prowse, Bill Withers, Jack Charlton, Benjamin Mkapa, Daniel arap Moi, and George Floyd. After him are Wilford Brimley, James Randi, Alejandro Sabella, Harry Gregg, Mario Bunge, and Bettina Heinen-Ayech.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Ilija Petković ranks 87 out of 700. Before him are Roberto de Visiani (1800), Arsen Dedić (1938), Slavenka Drakulić (1949), Marin Držić (1508), Vladko Maček (1879), and Giorgio da Sebenico (1410). After him are Vatroslav Jagić (1838), Fausto Veranzio (1551), Milan Martić (1954), Branko Zebec (1929), Branko Lustig (1932), and Marino Ghetaldi (1568).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Croatia

Among soccer players born in Croatia, Ilija Petković ranks 8. Before him are Davor Šuker (1968), Stjepan Bobek (1923), Dražan Jerković (1936), Josip Skoblar (1941), Vladimir Beara (1928), and Zvonimir Boban (1968). After him are Branko Zebec (1929), Mario Mandžukić (1986), Slaven Bilić (1968), Zlatko Čajkovski (1923), Petar Nadoveza (1942), and Bernard Vukas (1927).

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