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Joško Popović
Joško Popović (born 19 January 1966, in Opuzen) is a retired Croatian football striker.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 January 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Opuzen, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1991 | Velež | 64 | (11) |
| 1991–1996 | NK Zagreb | 123 | (52) |
| 1996–1997 | FC Linz | 17 | (1) |
| 1997–1999 | Šibenik | 51 | (30) |
| 1999–2001 | NK Zagreb | 39 | (15) |
| 2001–2004 | Kamen Ingrad | 59 | (14) |
| Total | 353 | (123) | |
| International career | |||
| 1994 | Croatia | 1 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career edit
Popović played for several Prva HNL sides during his career, including NK Zagreb, Kamen Ingrad and HNK Šibenik, with whom he was the league top scorer in the 1998–99 season with 21 goals.[1]
As of May 2010 and the conclusion of the 2009–10 Prva HNL season, Popović is ranked as the third all-time top scorer in Prva HNL with 111 goals scored, behind Igor Cvitanović (126) and Davor Vugrinec (136).[2]
International career edit
Popović played one game for the Croatia national football team, on 20 April 1994 against Slovakia in a friendly game, scoring in the 67th minute after being brought on at half time as a substitute for Ardian Kozniku.[3][4]
References edit
- ^ Kramarsic, Igor (12 June 2009). "Croatia - List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
- ^ Lesički, Alen (22 July 2010). "Vugrinec opet u Varaždinu: Takvom sam se epilogu potajno i nadao - Jutarnji.hr". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 31 July 2010.
- ^ "Utakmica: Slovačka - Hrvatska 4:1". Croatian Football Federation (in Croatian). Retrieved 31 July 2010.
- ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
External links edit
- Joško Popović at the Croatian Football Federation
- Joško Popović at EU-Football.info
- Joško Popović at National-Football-Teams.com
- Joško Popović at WorldFootball.net
- at Croatian Football Statistics () (archived) (in Croatian)