Joško Popović is a retired Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

n football

Football (soccer)

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 striker

Striker

Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...

. Popović played one game for the Croatia national football team

Croatia national football team

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, 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.

Popović played for several Prva HNL sides during his career, including NK Zagreb

NK Zagreb

NK Zagreb is a Croatian football club, from the Croatian capital of Zagreb.NK Zagreb's home is the Stadion Kranjčevićeva with capacity of 8,850. The club's fans are known as the White Angels...

, Kamen Ingrad

NK Kamen Ingrad

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 and HNK Šibenik

HNK Šibenik

HNK Šibenik is a Croatian football club based in the city of Šibenik on the Croatian coast.The club was formed in 1932. In 2006 the club finished first in the Croatian Second League's southern division and was promoted to the Prva HNL...

, with whom he was the league top scorer in the 1998–99 season with 21 goals.

As of May 2010 and the conclusion of the 2009–10 Prva HNL

2009–10 Prva HNL

The 2009–10 Prva HNL season was the nineteenth season of the Prva HNL since its establishment in 1992. It began on 24 July 2009 and ended on 13 May 2010...

 season, Popović is ranked as the third all-time top scorer in Prva HNL with 111 goals scored, behind Igor Cvitanović

Igor Cvitanovic

Igor Cvitanović is a retired Croatian football striker.He is currently the all-time top goalscorer of the Croatian First League with a total of 126 goals, and also scored 122 domestic league goals for Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb, 117 of which were in the Croatian First League...

 (126) and Davor Vugrinec

Davor Vugrinec

Davor Vugrinec is a Croatian footballer who plays for NK Varaždin as a forward.-Early years:...

 (116).

External links

• Joško Popović international stats at the Croatian Football Federation
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