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367:qualifiers
282:footballer
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38:1982-03-06
318:Druga HNL
158:2001–2002
115:1998–2001
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369:for the
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363:Estonia
359:Hungary
286:forward
103:Forward
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343:Osijek
339:Bastia
335:Rijeka
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