Joško Popović

Joško Popović
Personal information
Date of birth	19 January 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth	Opuzen, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1985–1991	Velež
1991–1996	NK Zagreb
1996–1997	FC Linz
1997–1999	Šibenik
1999–2001	NK Zagreb
2001–2004	Kamen Ingrad
Total
International career
1994	Croatia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joško Popović (born 19 January 1966) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

Popović was born in Opuzen. He 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

Popović played one game for the Croatia national 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

^ 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

Joško Popović at WorldFootball.net
Joško Popović at National-Football-Teams.com
Joško Popović at the Croatian Football Federation
Joško Popović at EU-Football.info
Joško Popović at Croatian Football Statistics (national team profile) (archived) (in Croatian)

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[kroatops-1] Kramarsic, Igor (12 June 2009). "Croatia - List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 31 July 2010.

[jutlist-2] 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.

[debut-3] "Utakmica: Slovačka - Hrvatska 4:1". Croatian Football Federation (in Croatian). Retrieved 31 July 2010.

[4] "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 26 November 2022.

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