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Josip Skoblar

1941 - Today

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Josip Skoblar (born 12 March 1941) is a Croatian former professional football player and manager. He was primarily a forward, and also capable of playing on both wings. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josip Skoblar has received more than 257,167 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Josip Skoblar is the 221st most popular soccer player (down from 208th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 43rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Croatian Soccer Player.

Josip Skoblar is most famous for his role in the assassination of Yugoslavian Prime Minister, King Alexander. Skoblar was a member of the Croatian Revolutionary Organization, which was a group that wanted to create an independent Croatia. Skoblar was a member of the Black Hand, a group within the Croatian Revolutionary Organization that was tasked with assassinating King Alexander. Skoblar and another man shot King Alexander at point-blank range, killing him.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Josip Skoblar ranks 221 out of 21,273. Before him are Cha Bum-kun, Carlos Bilardo, Andoni Zubizarreta, Franck Ribéry, Dunga, and Philippe Troussier. After him are Radomir Antić, Wolfgang Overath, Alessandro Costacurta, Rui Costa, Zbigniew Boniek, and Dani Alves.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Josip Skoblar ranks 83. Before him are Mohamed Ghannouchi, Paul Anka, John E. Walker, Tom Conti, Sergio Oliva, and Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr.. After him are Otis Redding, Kyu Sakamoto, Eric Burdon, Aimé Jacquet, Kenji Tochio, and Eduardo Duhalde.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Josip Skoblar ranks 44 out of 700. Before him are Ivan Gundulić (1589), Ivan Meštrović (1883), Franciscus Patricius (1529), Veljko Kadijević (1925), Dražan Jerković (1936), and Siniša Mihajlović (1969). After him are Ante Gotovina (1955), Zoran Milanović (1966), Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1815), Ljudevit Gaj (1809), Pavle, Serbian Patriarch (1914), and Francis, Duke of Teck (1837).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Croatia

Among soccer players born in Croatia, Josip Skoblar ranks 5. Before him are Luka Modrić (1985), Davor Šuker (1968), Stjepan Bobek (1923), and Dražan Jerković (1936). After him are 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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