Stjepan Bobek

Stjepan Bobek (3 December 1923 – 22 August 2010) was a Croatian and Yugoslav professional football striker and later football manager.

Stjepan Bobek

Bobek in 1949
Personal information
Date of birth	(1923-12-03)3 December 1923
Place of birth	Zagreb, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Date of death	22 August 2010(2010-08-22) (aged 86)
Place of death	Belgrade, Serbia
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1936–1938	HŠK Derbi
1938–1942	ŠK Zagreb
1942–1944	HŠK Ličanin
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1942	Admira Wacker	8	(7)
1944–1945	Građanski Zagreb	15	(13)
1945	Yugoslav Army	3	(8)
1946–1959	Partizan	198	(121)
Total		224	(149)
National team
1946–1956	Yugoslavia	63	(38)
Teams managed
1959	Legia Warsaw
1960–1963	Partizan
1963	Legia Warsaw
1963–1967	Panathinaikos
1967–1969	Partizan
1969–1970	Olympiacos
1970	Altay
1970–1972	Galenika Zemun
1972	Dinamo Zagreb
1973–1974	Galenika Zemun
1974–1975	Panathinaikos
1975–1976	Panetolikos
1976–1978	Espérance
1978–1981	Vardar
Honours Men's Football Representing  Yugoslavia Olympic Games 1948 London Team 1952 Helsinki Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

Club	Season	League			Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Partizan	1946–47	Yugoslav First League	23	24	0	0	23	24
	1947–48		12	4	0	0	12	4
	1948–49		17	13	0	0	17	13
	1950		17	6	0	0	17	6
	1951		21	9	0	0	21	9
	1952		9	9	0	0	9	9
	1952–53		12	7	0	0	12	7
	1953–54		23	21	0	0	23	21
	1954–55		18	16	0	0	18	16
	1955–56		17	9	4	1	21	10
	1956–57		15	3	0	0	15	3
	1957–58		9	0	0	0	9	0
	1958–59		5	0	0	0	5	0
Career total			198	121	4	1	202	122

International

This is the list of International Goals scored by Yugoslav forward Stjepan Bobek:

List of international goals scored by Stjepan Bobek

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	29 September 1946	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	Czechoslovakia	4–1	4–2	Friendly
2	7 October 1946	Tirana, Albania	Albania	2–2	3–2	1946 Balkan Cup
3	11 May 1947	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Czechoslovakia	1–2	1–3	Friendly
4	22 June 1947	Bucharest, Romania	Romania	1–0	3–1	1947 Balkan Cup
5				3–1
6	14 September 1947	Tirana, Albania	Albania	1–1	4–2
7	19 October 1947	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	Poland	2–0	7–1	Friendly
8				7–0
9	31 July 1948	London, England	Luxembourg	6–1	6–1	1948 Summer Olympics
10	5 August 1948		Turkey	2–1	3–1
11	11 August 1948		United Kingdom	1–0	3–1
12	13 August 1948		Sweden	1–1	1–3
13	19 June 1949	Oslo, Norway	Norway	2–1	3–1	Friendly
14	21 August 1949	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	Israel	6–0	6–0	1950 FIFA World Cup qualification
15	18 September 1949	Tel Aviv, Israel	Israel	2–0	5–2
16	30 October 1949	Paris, France	France	1–1	1–1
17	13 November 1949	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	Austria	2–3	2–5	Friendly
18	11 June 1950	Bern, Switzerland	Switzerland	3–0	4–0
19	29 June 1950	Porto Alegre, Brasil	Mexico	1–0	4–1	1950 FIFA World Cup
20	7 September 1950	Helsinki, Finland	Finland	1–0	2–3	Friendly
21	10 September 1950	Copenhagen, Denmark	Denmark	2–0	4–1
22	24 June 1951	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	Switzerland	1–0	7–3
23				6–0
24	23 August 1951	Oslo, Norway	Norway	2–0	4–2
25				4–0
26	2 September 1951	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	Sweden	1–1	2–1
27	20 July 1952	Tampere, Finland	Soviet Union	4–0	5–5	1952 Summer Olympics
28	22 July 1952	Tampere, Finland	Soviet Union	2–1	3–1
29	25 July 1952	Helsinki, Finland	Denmark	4–1	5–3
30	21 September 1952	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	Austria	1–0	4–2	Friendly
31				2–0
32				4–2
33	21 December 1952	Ludwigshafen, West Germany	West Germany	2–1	2–3
34	26 September 1954	Saarbrücken, Saarland	Saarland	2–1	5–1
35	3 October 1954	Vienna, Austria	Austria	2–1	2–2
36	17 October 1954	Sarajevo, Yugoslavia	Turkey	1–0	5–1
37				2–0
38				4–0

Honours

Player

Partizan

• Yugoslav First League: 1946–47, 1948–49
• Yugoslav Cup: 1947, 1952, 1954, 1956–57

Yugoslavia

• Olympic Silver Medal: 1948, 1952
• Balkan Cup runner-up: 1946 and 1947

Individual

• Yugoslav First League top scorer: 1945, 1953–54
• FK Partizan Magnificent Eleven (1995)
• FK Partizan Best player in club history (1995)

Records

• Yugoslavia all-time top scorer: 38 goals^[1]

Manager

Partizan

• Yugoslav First League (3): 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63

Panathinaikos

• Greek Championship (2): 1963–64, 1964–65
• Greek Cup (1): 1967

Vardar

• Yugoslav Second League (1): 1978–79

References

1. "Stjepan Bobek najbolji strelac". www.reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian). 25 September 2013.