Olympic silver medals for Yugoslavia, scoring four goals in London 1948 and three in Helsinki 1952. He also appeared at the 1950 and 1954 FIFA World Cups, scoring once in a 1950 4–1 win over Mexico. On 17 October 1954, Bobek scored a hat-trick in a 5–1 win over Turkey, which were also his last goals on international duty. He reached 38 goals for Yugoslavia on that day and became the national side's top scorer, surpassing Blagoje Marjanović's 37-goal tally. Bobek's record stood for over 66 years, until it was beaten by Serbia's Aleksandar Mitrović on 27 March 2021. Managerial career After retiring from the play, he became a football manager. In 1959 he became the coach of CWKS Warszawa in Poland, moving back to Yugoslavia the next season to manage FK Partizan. The team won three successive Yugoslav League championships under him, after which he was replaced by Kiril Simonovski in 1963. In 1964 he had another spell in Warsaw, and then he moved to Greece where he led Panathinaikos in the 1960s. During his time in Panathinaikos, the team won the first unbeaten championship in Greece, for the 1963-64 season. In the 1967–68 and 1968–69 seasons, he again returned to manage Partizan. In 1970, he moved to Olympiacos. In 1972, he was the manager of Dinamo Zagreb and during 1974–75 season of Panathinaikos for a second time, but without former success. He also coached Vardar and led them to 1978–79 Yugoslav Second League's East Division title and subsequent promotion to the First League. In 1995, he was named the all-time greatest player of Partizan Belgrade. In 2009, Bobek's biography written by sports journalist Fredi Kramer was published. Death Bobek died shortly after midnight on 22 August 2010 in Belgrade. He is interred in the Alley of Distinguished Citizens in the Belgrade New Cemetery. Career statistics Club International This is the list of International Goals scored by Yugoslav forward Stjepan Bobek: 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 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):