28 Facts About Josip Skoblar

Josip Skoblar was born on 12 March 1941 and is a Croatian former professional football player and manager.

Josip Skoblar was primarily a forward, and capable of playing on both wings.

Josip Skoblar played for Zadar, OFK Belgrade, Hannover 96, Marseille and NK Rijeka.

Josip Skoblar was the league top goalscorer three consecutive seasons.

Josip Skoblar is part of the all time XI of OFK Belgrade and NK Rijeka.

At the international level, Josip Skoblar played for Yugoslavia appearing in 32 matches and scoring 11 goals.

Josip Skoblar was in the national team at the 1962 FIFA World Cup where they finished in fourth place losing to Czechoslovakia in the semi-final.

Josip Skoblar got spotted there by OFK Beograd goalie Perica Radenkovic who was serving his mandatory army stint in Zadar.

Josip Skoblar was willing to play in Marseille, but the chairman of Hannover didn't want to lose such a player.

In France, Josip Skoblar played for Marseille and was three time top goalscorer in Ligue 1.

Josip Skoblar won the European Golden Boot in 1971 for 44 goals in Ligue 1, he still remains as the best scorer in a season in Ligue 1.

Josip Skoblar left l'OM after the arrival of two Brazilians Jairzinho and Paulo Cesar.

Josip Skoblar played for the club until 1977 accumulating 37 appearances and scoring 11 goals in league and Cup.

Josip Skoblar scored one goal, and Yugoslavia finished in the fourth place.

Josip Skoblar first played for the national team on 7 May 1961, in a friendly match against Hungary.

Josip Skoblar ended his international career on 7 October 1967 against West Germany, before the end of the Euro 68 qualification competition.

Josip Skoblar began his career as a manager in third tier club NK Orijent in Rijeka.

Josip Skoblar took the club to the quarter-final of the 1981 Yugoslav Cup beating NK Zagreb and OFK Beograd.

Josip Skoblar joined NK Rijeka in May 1983 replacing Marijan Brncic.

Many of the players and Josip Skoblar himself have stated that they were cheated from victory by the referee.

Josip Skoblar later became head coach for Hajduk Split with whom he won 2 Yugoslavia Cups.

Josip Skoblar had short stints in Spain with Real Valladolid and Portugal with FC Famalicao.

Josip Skoblar coached Croatian clubs Dinamo Zagreb, NK Zagreb, Zadarkomerc and HNK Rijeka.

At his second stint at Rijeka Josip Skoblar's results were unfavorable so he was sacked after two months in 1995.

Years later Josip Skoblar stated that he wasn't given enough freedom by the president of the club Hrvoje Sarinic to work properly with the team.

Josip Skoblar is employed at the Marseille since 2001 as scout, and he is close to retirement.

Josip Skoblar joined them in March 2000 and got sacked later in the year after failing to qualify to the second round of the 2000 AFC Asian Cup.

Josip Skoblar owns a family restaurant with his brother in Zadar.