Josip Skoblar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Josip Skoblar

Croatian association football player and manager

Date of Birth: 12-Mar-1941

Place of Birth: Privlaka, Zadar County, Zadar County, Croatia

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: Croatia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Josip Skoblar (born 12 March 1941) is a Croatian former professional football player and manager.
He was primarily a forward, and also capable of playing on both wings. He played for Zadar, OFK Belgrade, Hannover 96, Olympique Marseille and NK Rijeka.
While playing at Marseille Skoblar won the French First Division twice (1970–71, 1971–72), 1971 Challenge des Champions and 1972 Coupe de France.
He was also the league top goalscorer three seasons in a row (1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73) and in 1971 he won the European Golden Shoe.
In 2009, he was inaugurated into the Olympique de Marseille Hall of Fame and in 2010 he was put into "The Dream Team 110 years of Olympique de Marseille".
Skoblar is also part of the all time XI of OFK Belgrade and NK Rijeka. At the international level, Skoblar played for Yugoslavia appearing in 32 matches and scoring 11 goals.
He the national team at the 1962 FIFA World Cup where they finished in fourth place losing to Czechoslovakia in the semi-final. As a manager he managed NK Orijent, NK Rijeka, Hamburger SV, NK Celik Zenica, Dinamo Zagreb, Real Valladolid, Famalicão, NK Zagreb, Nîmes, NK Zadarkomerc, Marseille, national team Lebanon and Hajduk Split, with whom he won two Yugoslav Cup's (1987, 1991).