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Stjepan Bobek

1923 - 2010

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Stjepan Bobek (pronounced [stjêpaːn bǒbek]; 3 December 1923 – 22 August 2010) was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional football striker and later football manager. Usually a forward or attacking midfielder, Bobek was renowned for his technique, vision and goalscoring ability and is commonly regarded as one of Yugoslavia's greatest players. He is remembered for his time at Belgrade's Partizan, where he moved to following the end of World War II. He played for Partizan between 1945 and 1959 helping them win two Yugoslav First League titles and four Yugoslav Cups, and was named the club's greatest player in history in 1995. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stjepan Bobek has received more than 297,875 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Stjepan Bobek is the 178th most popular soccer player (up from 218th in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Croatia (up from 46th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Croatian Soccer Player.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Stjepan Bobek ranks 178 out of 21,273. Before him are Javier Zanetti, Carles Puyol, Felix Magath, Osamu Yamaji, Lilian Thuram, and Peter Shilton. After him are Clarence Seedorf, Carles Rexach, Telmo Zarra, Vittorio Pozzo, Günter Netzer, and Kenny Dalglish.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Stjepan Bobek ranks 39. Before him are Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Anne Baxter, Nizar Qabbani, Morris, René Girard, and Jorge Semprún. After him are Philip Warren Anderson, Alice Miller, Mauno Koivisto, Erland Josephson, Edgar F. Codd, and Shūsaku Endō. Among people deceased in 2010, Stjepan Bobek ranks 31. Before him are Alois Brunner, Dino De Laurentiis, Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, Viktor Chernomyrdin, Harry Mulisch, and Louise Bourgeois. After him are Miep Gies, Algirdas Brazauskas, Alice Miller, Vladimir Arnold, Henryk Górecki, and Maria Kaczyńska.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Stjepan Bobek ranks 36 out of 700. Before him are Davor Šuker (1968), Omar Pasha (1806), Stjepan Radić (1871), Marko Marulić (1450), Franz von Suppé (1819), and Margaret of Hungary (1242). After him are Tomislav Ivić (1933), Ivan Gundulić (1589), Ivan Meštrović (1883), Franciscus Patricius (1529), Veljko Kadijević (1925), and Dražan Jerković (1936).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Croatia

Among soccer players born in Croatia, Stjepan Bobek ranks 3. Before him are Luka Modrić (1985), and Davor Šuker (1968). After him are Dražan Jerković (1936), Josip Skoblar (1941), 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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