Josip Skoblar

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Josip Skoblar
Personal information
Full name Joško Skoblar
Date of birth March 12, 1941 (1941-03-12) (age 67)
Place of birth    Privlaka, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Height 1.82 m
Playing position Striker (retired)
Club information
Current club Olympique de Marseille (scout)
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1958-1959
1959-1966
1966-1967
1967-1970
1969-1975
1974-1977		 NK Zadar
OFK Beograd
Marseille
Hannover 96
Marseille
NK Rijeka		 00? 00?
0162 0(63)
015 0(13)
057 0(31)
0169 0(138)
0394 0(244)   
National team
1961-1967 Yugoslavia 32 (11)
Teams managed
1983-1987
1986-1987
1987-1988
1988-1989
1990-1991
1994		 NK Rijeka
Hajduk Split
Hamburger SV
Dinamo Zagreb
Hajduk Split
Nîmes Olympique

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Josip Skoblar (born March 12, 1941 in Privlaka, near Zadar) is a former Croatian football player, as forward and capable of playing on both wings, and also football manager.

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[edit] Playing career

[edit] Club

Skoblar played in Yugoslav First League for NK Zadar (1957–58) and OFK Beograd (1959–67). With OFK Beograd he won the Yugoslav league cup in 1962 and 1966. In Germany he played for Hannover 96 (1967–70). In 57 games in Bundesliga, he scored 30 goals.

He was willing to play in Marseilles, but the chairman of Hannover didn't want to lose such a player. Marcel Leclerc, chairman of Marseilles, went to Hannover on a quick journey and came back with the player, it was the beginning of a great adventure with Marseilles. The player was applauded at the airport by many fans.

In France, Skoblar played for Olympique de Marseille and was three time top goalscorer in Ligue 1 (1971–73). Skoblar win the European Golden Boot in 1971 for 44 goals in Ligue 1, he still remains as the best scorer in a season in Ligue 1. With Olympique, he won the French league title in 1971, and French league and cup title in 1972. OM fans refer to him as "l'Aigle Dalmate", "l'Aigle des Dalmates" (The Dalmatian Eagle), or "Monsieur Goal" (Mister Goal).

[edit] International

For Yugoslavia Skoblar played between 1961 and 1967. In 32 games for Yugoslavia, he scored 11 goals. Skoblar participated in World Cup 1962. Skoblar scored one goal, and Yugoslavia finished in the fourth place. He first played for the national team on May 7, 1961, for a Friendly match against Hungary. He ended his international career on October 7, 1967 against West Germany, before the end of the Euro 68 qualification competition . The Yugoslavia national football team ended 2nd of the Euro 1968 without him.

[edit] Managerial career

His career of player over, he came back to Marseille, and became technical manager in 1977. He later became head coach for Hajduk Split with whom he wan 2 Yugoslavia Cups, Hamburger SV and NK Rijeka. He is employed at the Olympique de Marseille since 2001 as scout, and he is now close to retirement. During the summer 2001, he was with Marc Levy the co-manager of the team for 3 days, few days before the nomination of Tomislav Ivic.

[edit] Comments from other famous player

Just Fontaine says about him : "When I watched him front of the goal, each time, I was thinking, kick from the inside of the left foot, ... from the outside of the right foot ... a header, now! ... he had already done it ... scoring each time, exactly by the only possible way, and in just a split second. In the last 30 years, he has been the only striker that I ve seen like that in France"

[edit] Honours

[edit] Player

[edit] Coach

[edit] References

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Yugoslavia squad - 1962 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place
1 Šoškić • 2 Durković • 3 Jusufi • 4 Radaković • 5 Marković • 6 Popović • 7 Anković • 8 Šekularac • 9 Jerković • 10 Galić • 11 Skoblar • 12 Krivokuća • 13 Svinjarević • 14 Šijaković • 15 Matuš • 16 Mujić • 17 Melić • 18 Kovačević • 19 Stojanović • 20 Nikolić • 21 Stipić • 22 Ivoš • Coach: Lovrić & Mihajlović
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Hamburger SV – Managers

Tauchert (1945–1949) • Knöpfle (1946–1954) • Wilke & Mahlmann (1954–1967) • Mahlmann (1956–1962) • Wilke (1962–1964) • Gawliczek (1964–1966) • Schneider (1966–1967) • Koch (1967–1969) • Knöpfle (1969–1970) • Ochs (1970–1973) • Klötzer (1973–1977) • Gutendorf (1977) • Özcan (1977–1978) • Zebec (1978–1980) • Ristić (1981) • Happel (1981–1987) • Skoblar (1987) • Reimann (1987–1990) • Schock (1990–1992) • Coordes (1992) • Möhlmann (1992–1995) • Magath (1995–1997) • Schehr (1997) • Pagelsdorf (1997–2001) • Hieronymus (2001) • Jara (2001–2003) • Toppmöller (2003–2004) • Doll (2004–2007) • Stevens (2007–2008) • Jol (2008–)
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Olympique de Marseille – Managers

Farmer (1923–24) • Gibson (1925–29) • Tanguy (1929–32) • Bell (1932–33) • Diettrich (1933–35) • Eisenhoffer (1935–38) • Kohut (1938) • Conchy (1938) • Eisenhoffer (1938–41) • Gascard (1941–42) • Seitz (1942) • Blanc (1942–43) • Gonzales (1943) • Henric (1943–44) • Gonzales (1944) • Wartel (1944–46) • Dewaquez (1946–47) • Zilizzi (1948–49) • Jordan (1949–50) • Rosseler (1950–54) • Rolhion (1954–56) • Robin (1956–58) • Zilizzi (1958) • Maurer (1958–59) • Troupel (1959–62) • Glória (1962) • Penverne (1962) • Miró (1962–63) • Robin (1963–64) • Zatelli (1964–66) • Domergue (1966–67) • Djorkaeff (1968) • Zatelli (1968–70) • Leduc (1971–72) • Zatelli (1972) • Linder (1972–73) • Zatelli (1973) • Bonnel (1973) • Riera (1973–74) • Zvunka (1974–76) • Arribas (1976–77) • Zvunka (1977) • Marković (1977–78) • Zvunka (1978–80) • Robin (1980) • Batteux (1980–81) • Gransart (1981–84) • Cahuzac (1984–85) • Olarević (1985–86) • Bandie (1986–88) • Gili (1988–90) • Beckenbauer (1990–91) • Goethals (1991) • Ivić (1991) • Goethals (1991–92) • Fernandez (1992) • Goethals (1992–93) • Bourrier (1993–94) • Gili (1994) • Stambouli (1994–95) • Gili (1995–97) • Courbis (1997–99) • Casoni (1999–2000) • Abel Braga (2000) • Emon and Galtier (2000) • Clemente (2000–01) • Ivić (2001) • Anigo (2001) • Lévy and Skoblar (2000) • Emon (2001) • Ivić (2001) • Emon (2001–02) • Perrin (2002–04) • Anigo (2004) • Troussier (2004–05) • Fernandez (2005–06) • Emon (2006–07) • Gerets (2007–)
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European Golden Shoe
1968: Eusébio | 1969': Zhekov | 1970: Müller | 1971: Skoblar | 1972: Müller | 1973: Eusébio | 1974: Yazalde | 1975: Georgescu | 1976: Kaiafas | 1977: Georgescu | 1978: Krankl | 1979: Kist | 1980: Vandenbergh | 1981: Slavkov | 1982: Kieft | 1983: Gomes | 1984: Rush | 1985: Gomes | 1986: van Basten | 1987: Cămătaru | 1988: Çolak | 1989: Mateuţ | 1990: Sánchez/Stoichkov | 1991: Pančev | 1992: McCoist | 1993: McCoist | 1994: Taylor | 1995: Avetisyan | 1996: Endeladze | 1997: Ronaldo | 1998: Machlas | 1999: Jardel | 2000: Phillips | 2001: Larsson | 2002: Jardel | 2003: Makaay | 2004: Henry | 2005: Henry/Forlán | 2006: Toni | 2007: Totti | 2008: C. Ronaldo
Awards
Preceded by
Flag of West Germany Gerd Müller		 European Golden Boot
1970 – 1971		 Succeeded by
Flag of West Germany Gerd Müller