1945 - 2020
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, Ilija Petković ranks 631 out of 16,880. Before 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.
1942 - Present
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 625
1979 - Present
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 626
1944 - 1974
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 627
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 628
1974 - Present
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 629
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 630
1945 - 2020
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 631
1935 - 2020
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 632
1937 - 2012
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 633
1927 - 1987
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 634
1940 - 2013
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 635
1949 - Present
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 636
1939 - Present
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 637
Among people born in 1945, Ilija Petković ranks 164. Before 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 148. Before 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.
1945 - 1986
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 158
1945 - 2006
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 159
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 160
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 161
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 162
1945 - 2016
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 163
1945 - 2020
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 164
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 165
1945 - 2022
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 166
1945 - 2021
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 167
1945 - 2006
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 168
1945 - 2014
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 169
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 170
1934 - 2020
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 142
1938 - 2020
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 143
1936 - 2020
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 144
1919 - 2020
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 145
1937 - 2020
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 146
1932 - 2020
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 147
1945 - 2020
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 148
1935 - 2020
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 149
1928 - 2020
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 150
1926 - 2020
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 151
1947 - 2020
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 152
1932 - 2020
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 153
1925 - 2020
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 154
Among people born in Croatia, Ilija Petković ranks 107 out of 589. Before 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).
1589 - 1619
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 101
1876 - 1949
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 102
1864 - 1938
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 103
1970 - Present
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 104
1938 - 2015
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 105
850 - 864
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 106
1945 - 2020
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 107
300 BC - 214 BC
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 108
1892 - 1929
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 109
1947 - 2018
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 110
1927 - 1983
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 111
1814 - 1888
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 112
1410 - 1473
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 113
Among soccer players born in Croatia, Ilija Petković ranks 11. Before 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).
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
1968 - Present
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 14
1926 - 2012
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 15
1968 - Present
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 16
1970 - Present
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 17