Stjepan Bobek

Stjepan Bobek was born in Zagreb on December 3, 1923 and died in Belgrade on August 22, 2010, at the age of 86. A forward who also played as an attacking midfielder, he went through the youth categories of HŠK Derbi, ŠK Zagreb and HŠK Ličanin before playing for Admira Wacker, Građanski Zagreb and Yugoslav Army. His peak came at Partizan, a club he defended from 1946 to 1959, with 121 goals in 198 league matches. With the club, he won the Yugoslav Championship in 1946–47 and 1948–49 and the Yugoslav Cup in 1947, 1952, 1954 and 1956–57. He was the Yugoslav league top scorer in 1945 and 1953–54. For the Yugoslav national team, he scored 38 goals in 63 matches between 1946 and 1956. He won the Olympic silver medal in London 1948 and Helsinki 1952 and competed in the 1950 and 1954 World Cups. As a coach, he managed clubs such as Partizan, Panathinaikos, Olympiacos and Dinamo Zagreb. He was Yugoslav champion with Partizan in 1960–61, 1961–62 and 1962–63 and Greek champion with Panathinaikos in 1963–64 and 1964–65.