Mladen Kranjc - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Mladen Kranjc (12 April 1945 in Varaždin, Yugoslavia – 22 October 1988 in Dolnja Pocehova, Yugoslavia) was a Croatian-Slovenian football player, who played as a forward.
He was born in Varaždin, present day Croatia, and played for Sloboda Varaždin before transferring to Slovenian club Maribor.
Dubbed as the crni biser (English: The black pearl), Kranjc spent the majority of his football career playing for the Slovenian side, having spent there a total of 12 seasons during the 1960s and 1970s.
He is regarded as one of the best players in the history of the club, and was the best goalscorer for the team in each of its five seasons spent in the Yugoslav top division, having scored a total of 54 league goals.
His success eventually led to his transfer to one of the top Yugoslav clubs, Dinamo Zagreb, in 1972.
He played in Zagreb for one season and then moved to Olimpija Ljubljana.
In 1974 he returned to Maribor and remained there until his retirement in 1977.
Kranjc has made a total of 311 appearances for Maribor, scoring 104 goals in the process.
He died at the age of 43, after being involved in a motorcycle accident in Dolnja Pocehova.

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