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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 235,923 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Josip Skoblar is the 208th most popular soccer player (up from 216th in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Croatia (down from 40th in 2019) and the 4th 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.

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  • 240k

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  • 59.56

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  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Josip Skoblar ranks 208 out of 16,880Before him are Fernando Torres, Luis Suárez, Piet Keizer, Antoine Griezmann, Javier Zanetti, and Vittorio Pozzo. After him are Pedro Cea, Duncan Edwards, René van de Kerkhof, Willy van de Kerkhof, Yozo Aoki, and Manuel Neuer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Josip Skoblar ranks 91Before him are Aimé Jacquet, Bertrand Tavernier, Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., Robert Wilson, William Nordhaus, and Carlo Maria Viganò. After him are Princess Muna al-Hussein, Alfred G. Gilman, Jacqueline Boyer, David Gross, John E. Walker, and Martha Stewart.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Josip Skoblar ranks 43 out of 589Before him are Zoran Milanović (1966), Davor Šuker (1968), Franciscus Patricius (1529), Dražan Jerković (1936), Luka Modrić (1985), and Sylva Koscina (1933). After him are Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1815), Ivan Meštrović (1883), Stjepan Bobek (1923), Ljudevit Gaj (1809), Ante Gotovina (1955), and Matthias Flacius (1520).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Croatia

Among soccer players born in Croatia, Josip Skoblar ranks 4Before him are Davor Šuker (1968), Dražan Jerković (1936), and Luka Modrić (1985). After him are Stjepan Bobek (1923), Vladimir Beara (1928), Branko Zebec (1929), Zlatko Čajkovski (1923), Zvonimir Boban (1968), Mario Mandžukić (1986), Ilija Petković (1945), and Bernard Vukas (1927).