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Prpić
Prpić is a Croatian surname. It is the second most common surname in the Lika-Senj County of Croatia. People with the name include: * Filip Prpic (born 1982), Swedish tennis player of Croatian descent * Goran Prpić (born 1964), Croatian tennis coach and player * Ivan Prpić (other), multiple people * Joel Prpic (born 1974), Canadian-born Croatian ice hockey player * Marin Prpić Marin Prpić (born 8 December 1976 in Rijeka) is a retired Croatian football player who played for Orijent, Zadar, Pomorac and Rijeka in the Croatian First Football League. He also played for several clubs in the Croatian second and third divi ... (born 1976), Croatian football player In the English-speaking world, it can be found as anglicized Perpich. References See also * {{surname Surnames of Croatian origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goran Prpić
Goran Prpić (; born 4 May 1964) is a Croatian tennis coach and former professional tennis player, who played for SFR Yugoslavia and Croatia. Biography Prpić was born in Zagreb, at the time in SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia. He turned professional in 1984. His career was nearly ended by a serious knee injury in February 1986. After a surgery, Prpić spent two years recovering before returning to the Tour. For the rest of his playing career, he wore a custom-made knee brace. During his career, he won one top-level singles title (at Umag in 1990) and one doubles title ( San Remo in 1990). His joint best performance at a Grand Slam tournament was at the 1991 Australian Open, where he reached the quarter-finals. He also reached the quarter-finals of the 1993 French Open. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 16 in 1991. In 1990, Prpić was a member of the team from Yugoslavia which won the World Team Cup. In 1991, he teamed-up with Monica Seles to help Yugoslavia win the Hop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marin Prpić
Marin Prpić (born 8 December 1976 in Rijeka) is a retired Croatian football player who played for Orijent, Zadar, Pomorac and Rijeka in the Croatian First Football League. He also played for several clubs in the Croatian second and third divisions. Prpić scored a hat-trick for Rijeka in a 4–1 win over Cibalia on 30 July 2005. With 10 goals to his account, he was also the top-scorer for Pomorac during the 2001–02 Croatian First Football League The 2001–02 Croatian First Football League was the eleventh season of the Croatian First Football League since its establishment in 1992. NK Zagreb became champions for the first time, and were the first and until 2017 only league winners from ... season. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Prpic, Marin 1976 births Living people Croatian men's footballers Croatian Football League players HNK Rijeka players HNK Orijent players NK Pomorac 1921 players NK Zadar players NK Karlovac 1919 players HNK Segesta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Prpić (other)
Ivan Prpić may refer to: * Ivan Prpić (soldier) (1887–1967), infantry general of the Croatian Home Guard * Ivan Prpić (physician) (1927–2019), Croatian physician {{Hndis, Prpic, Ivan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filip Prpic
Filip Prpic () (born 26 May 1982) is a Swedish former professional player of Croatian descent on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour. Prpic's career-high ranking was World Number 194, which he achieved on 1 May 2006. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 13 (9–4) Doubles: 11 (6–5) Performance timeline Singles External links * * 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Helsingborg Tennis players from Skåne County Swedish male tennis players Swedish people of Croatian descent 21st-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Prpic
Joel Melvin Prpic (; born September 25, 1974) is a Canadian-born Croatian former professional ice hockey player of who played in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins and the Colorado Avalanche before ending his career with Croatian team, KHL Medveščak Zagreb, in the Austrian Hockey League. Playing career As a towering 6 foot 7 forward for the Waterloo Siskins in the Ontario Minor Hockey Association Prpic was selected in the ninth round, 233rd overall by the Boston Bruins in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. Opting to pursue an education Prpic was recruited to play collegiate hockey with St. Lawrence University in the ECAC. After his senior year and developing as one of the biggest forwards in hockey, Joel turned pro in the 1997–98 season with the Bruins AHL affiliate, the Providence Bruins. Scoring an effective 35 points in 73 games as a checking forward, Prpic made his NHL debut in a solitary game with the Bruins, a playoff-clinching win, against the New York Isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perpich
Perpich is a surname, an anglicization of Prpić. Notable people with the surname include: * Anthony J. Perpich (1932–2017), American politician * George Perpich (American football) (1920–1993), American football player * George F. Perpich (1933–2018), American politician *Rudy Perpich Rudolph George Perpich Sr. (born Rudolph George Prpić; June 27, 1928 September 21, 1995) was an American politician who served as the governor of Minnesota from 1976 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1991. A member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor ... (1928–1995), American politician See also * {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatian Surname
Croatian names follow complex and unique lettering, structuring, composition, and naming customs that have considerable similarities with most other European name systems and with those of other Slavic peoples in particular. Upon the Croatian populace's arrival on what is currently modern-day continental Croatia in the early 7th century, Croats used Slavic names and corresponding naming customs. Naming customs have been a part of Croatian culture for over 500 years, with the earliest dating back to the 12th century. With modernization and globalization in the 20th century, given names and surnames have expanded past typical Slavic traditionalism and have included Croatian Americans, borrowed names from all over the world. However, although given names vary from region to region in Croatia and can be heavily influenced by other countries' names, surnames tend to be Slavic. Croatian names usually, but not always, consist of a given name, followed by a family name; however certain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lika-Senj County
Lika-Senj County (, ) is a county in Croatia that includes most of the Lika region and some northern coastline of the Adriatic near the town of Senj, including the northern part of the Pag island. Its center is Gospić. The county is the least populated (42.469 in 2022) and among the least prosperous ones, though it is the largest county in the country by area and includes the Plitvice Lakes National Park and Sjeverni (North) Velebit National Park, some of Croatia's major tourist attractions. Geography The county has a total area of 5353 km2. Administrative division Lika-Senj County is administratively subdivided into 12 units of local government: * Town of Gospić (county seat) * Town of Novalja * Town of Otočac * Town of Senj * Municipality of Brinje * Municipality of Donji Lapac * Municipality of Karlobag * Municipality of Lovinac * Municipality of Perušić * Municipality of Plitvička Jezera (''Plitvice Lakes'') * Municipality of Udbina * Municipal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Italy to the west. Its capital and largest city, Zagreb, forms one of the country's Administrative divisions of Croatia, primary subdivisions, with Counties of Croatia, twenty counties. Other major urban centers include Split, Croatia, Split, Rijeka and Osijek. The country spans , and has a population of nearly 3.9 million. The Croats arrived in modern-day Croatia, then part of Illyria, Roman Illyria, in the late 6th century. By the 7th century, they had organized the territory into Duchy of Croatia, two duchies. Croatia was first internationally recognized as independent on 7 June 879 during the reign of Duke Branimir of Croatia, Branimir. Tomislav of Croatia, Tomis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
