1. Usually a forward or attacking midfielder, Stjepan Bobek was renowned for his technique, vision and goalscoring ability and is commonly regarded as one of Yugoslavia's greatest players.
19 Facts About Stjepan Bobek
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Stjepan Bobek is remembered for his time at Belgrade's Partizan, where he moved to following the end of World War II.
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Stjepan Bobek 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.
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Stjepan Bobek was born in Zagreb and started playing at the age of 13 for Viktorija, a lower league club, using his brother's registration papers.
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Stjepan Bobek was the top scorer of the Yugoslav First League twice, in 1945 and 1954.
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Stjepan Bobek came to FK Partizan in 1946 and played for them until 1959.
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Stjepan Bobek won two Yugoslav League titles and the Yugoslav Cup four times.
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Stjepan Bobek scored his first goals in official matches, on 1 September 1946, in the 2nd leg of the Yugoslav First League.
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Stjepan Bobek scored 25 goals in 22 matches in his first season of First League of SFR Yugoslavia and won his first title.
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Stjepan Bobek scored a goal in biggest victory ever in Eternal Derby.
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On 4 September 1955, Stjepan Bobek scored a goal in first ever match of European Cup.
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Stjepan Bobek won two Olympic silver medals for Yugoslavia, scoring four goals in London 1948 and three in Helsinki 1952.
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Stjepan Bobek reached 38 goals for Yugoslavia on that day and became the national side's top scorer, surpassing Blagoje Marjanovic's 37-goal tally.
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Stjepan Bobek's record stood for over 66 years, until it was beaten by Serbia's Aleksandar Mitrovic on 27 March 2021.
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Stjepan Bobek won three successive Yugoslav league championships with Partizan before being replaced by Kiril Simonovski in 1963.
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Stjepan Bobek briefly worked in Turkey, and then took over the recently promoted Galenika Zemun in the Yugoslav second level.
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In 2009, Stjepan Bobek's biography written by sports journalist Fredi Kramer was published.
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Stjepan Bobek died shortly after midnight on 22 August 2010 in Belgrade.
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Stjepan Bobek is interred in the Alley of Distinguished Citizens in the Belgrade New Cemetery.