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Perica
Perica ( sr, Перица, ) is a Croat and Serb given name, used mostly for men but also for women. It is also prevalent as a surname. Perica is a diminutive of Petar, translating to Pete and Peter in English, respectively.''Croatian-English Dictionary, 7th edition''. Zagreb, Croatia: Školska knjiga, 1996. In Croatian and Serbian popular culture Perica often portrays a stereotype of an innocent or mischievous young boy with a very straightforward way of thinking. An example is Perica Šafranek in the 1970 classic Croatian (then Yugoslav) comedy film ''Tko pjeva zlo ne misli''. He is common in jokes and is similar to Little Johnny in English. Given name * Perica Bukić, Croatian water polo player and politician * Perica Ivetić, Bosnian footballer * Perica Marošević, American Major League Soccer player * Perica Ognjenović, Serbian soccer player * Perica Radić, Serbian soccer player * Perica Stančeski, Macedonian soccer player * Perica Vlašić, Croatian rower * Perica Vukič ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stipe Perica
Stipe Perica (; born 7 July 1995) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a striker for Belgian First Division A club Standard Liège. Club career Early career Perica started his playing career in his home-country of Croatia with Zadar in 2012. He made his debut for the first team during the month of September 2012. In his first season, he scored 8 goals in 20 league matches, and 10 goals in all competitions. Chelsea On 1 August 2013, Perica signed for Chelsea with a transfer fee of €2.5m. After his arrival at Chelsea, the club loaned Perica out to Dutch club NAC Breda. Loan to NAC Breda On his NAC Breda debut he scored his first goal in a 1–5 victory away to Roda JC, having come on as a substitute. A few weeks later he scored the winning goal for 2–1 against Heracles Almelo in his fourth appearance. On 16 February 2014, he was sent-off just 4 minutes after being substituted on in the match against Feyenoord. In August 2014, his loan deal was extended for the 2014–15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perica Marošević
Perica ( sr, Перица, ) is a Croats, Croat and Serbs, Serb given name, used mostly for men but also for women. It is also prevalent as a surname. Perica is a diminutive of Petar, translating to Pete and Peter in English, respectively.''Croatian-English Dictionary, 7th edition''. Zagreb, Croatia: Školska knjiga, 1996. In Croatian and Serbian popular culture Perica often portrays a stereotype of an innocent or mischievous young boy with a very straightforward way of thinking. An example is Perica Šafranek in the 1970 classic Cinema of Croatia, Croatian (then Cinema of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav) comedy film ''Tko pjeva zlo ne misli''. He is common in jokes and is similar to Little Johnny in English. Given name * Perica Bukić, Croatian water polo player and politician * Perica Ivetić, Bosnian footballer * Perica Marošević, American Major League Soccer player * Perica Ognjenović, Serbian soccer player * Perica Radić, Serbian soccer player * Perica Stančeski, Macedonian soccer pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vjekoslav Perica
Vjekoslav Perica (born 11 July 1955) is a Croatian historian, journalist and writer who specializes in the modern history of religions in the former Yugoslavia. In his youth, Perica was a talented basketball player who was a member of KK Jugoplastika's first team, but ultimately found academic pursuit more important than his sports career. He graduated from the Faculty of Law in Split in 1980. From 1985 to 1990 Perica was employed as the secretary of the government's Committee for Relations with Religious Communities. From 1988 to 1991 he wrote a column in ''Nedjeljna Dalmacija'' called "Religion and Politics", and interviewed virtually all religious leaders in the former Yugoslavia. After being fired from his job in 1990, Perica went to the United States where he obtained a MSc in political science (1994) and history (1995), as well as a PhD in history (1998), all from the University of Minnesota. His PhD thesis, "Religious revival and ethnic mobilization in Yugoslavia, 1965 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perica Ognjenović
Perica Ognjenović ( sr-cyr, Перица Огњеновић; born 24 February 1977) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player. He played as a forward or right winger. At one point considered to be among Serbia's brightest footballing talents, Ognjenović signed with European giants Real Madrid in his early 20s, but never became a regular there, despite winning major titles, eventually going on to have an irregular career in six other countries. He represented FR Yugoslavia at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Club career Early career Born in Smederevska Palanka, Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Ognjenović's first football steps were taken with modest hometown club Mladost Smederevska Palanka where he went through all age levels before breaking through to the senior squad just short of his 16th birthday, during the 1992–93 season. At the time, the team competed in the third division, and it soon became apparent the player's skill and talent far su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Perica Mofford
Rose Mofford (née Perica; June 10, 1922September 15, 2016) was an American civil servant and politician of the Democratic Party whose career in state government spanned 51 years. Beginning her career with the State of Arizona as a secretary, Mofford worked her way up the ranks to become the state's first female secretary of state from 1977 to 1988 and the state's first female governor from 1988 to 1991. Early life Mofford was born Rose Perica in Globe, Arizona, on June 10, 1922, the youngest of six children. Her parents, Frances (Oberstar) and John Perica, had immigrated to the United States from Croatia, then part of Austria-Hungary. The first female class president in the history of Globe High School, she had success in both academics and athletics. She played basketball and was an All-American softball player. She graduated in 1939 as class valedictorian and, based upon her father's advice, turned down an opportunity to play professional basketball with the All American Red ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perica Bukić
Perica Bukić (born 20 February 1966) is a Croatian former professional water polo player and politician. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics. Bukić was given the honour to carry the national flag of Croatia at the opening ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, becoming the 17th water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics. Bukić was educated at the University of Zagreb, from which he received a degree in economics. During his active water polo years, he played for Solaris Šibenik, Mladost Zagreb, and Jadran Split. He later became the sports director of "Mladost" Zagreb. Bukić is a member of the Croatian Democratic Union. In the 2003 Croatian parliamentary election he attained a seat in the Croatian Parliament. In the 2007 Croatian parliamentary election he retained his seat. His term of office in the Parliament ended in January 2008. In 2004 he was elected as the president of the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petar Perica
Father Petar Perica (27 June 1881, in Kotišina near Makarska – 25 October 1944, in Daksa) was a Croatian Roman Catholic Jesuit priest. He authored the hymns "Zdravo Djevo" and "Do nebesa nek se ori". He was born in 1881 in Kotišina near Makarska. He finished elementary school in Makarska. He continued his education in 1895 in Travnik. After Pope Leo XIII consecrated the world to the Sacred Heart in 1899, in Croatia an initiative was launched with the help of Perica intended to draw Croatian youth to dedicate themselves to the Sacred Heart. A brochure was released to this purpose, which included Perica's "Do nebesa nek se ori", which remains one of the most popular Croatian liturgical songs. In 1900, a Croatian pilgrimage to Rome was held, during which Perica and Franjo Scholz gave to Pope Leo XIII an album containing the signatures of over 160,000 Croatian youth. In 1901 Perica became a Jesuit. In October 1944, Perica was murdered by Yugoslav Partisans on the island of Daks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tko Pjeva Zlo Ne Misli
''One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away'' is a 1970 Croatian comedy-drama film. Its original title is ''Tko pjeva zlo ne misli'', which means "He Who Sings Means No Harm". Directed by Krešo Golik and based on a novella by Vjekoslav Majer, the film achieved considerable critical and commercial success at the time of its release. In 1999, a poll of Croatian film critics found it to be the best Croatian film ever made. Set in mid-1930s in Zagreb, the story is seen through the eyes of 6-year-old Perica Šafranek (played by Tomislav Žganec). A dandy from Zagreb, Mr Fulir (played by Relja Bašić), starts flirting with Perica's mother during a family picnic. At first, Perica's father doesn't notice anything and invites Fulir to their residence. Perica's father wants to marry off Perica's aunt to Fulir, pairing them because Fulir is a good man and she is rich. After multiple rendezvous, he becomes aware of Fulir's attempts to seduce his wife. See also * List of Croatian films A list of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perica Ivetić
Perica Ivetić (born 28 November 1986) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a defender or as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ... for First League of RS club Rudar Prijedor. Career statistics Club References External linksPrvaLiga profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Ivetic, Perica 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Livno Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Association football midfielders Bosnia and Herzegovina footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina youth international footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina under-21 international footballers FK Borac Banja Luka players NK Bela Krajina players FK Laktaši players FK BSK Banja Luka players FK Velež Mostar players FK Olimpik players FC Koper players FK Sloboda Tuzla players FK Saraje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perica Vlašić
Perica Vlašić (2 June 1932 – 12 August 2004) was a Croatian rower who competed for Yugoslavia at the 1956 Summer Olympics and at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He also competed in seven European Rowing Championships and won eight consecutive Yugoslav championships in the single scull, as well as seven double scull national championships. Perica Vlašić was born in Vela Luka on the island of Korčula in Croatia. In 1947, he began rowing for VK Ošjak, a local rowing club that was founded in the same year. Racing for the club in a coxed four, he had four consecutive wins at youth level in the Croatian national championships from 1948 to 1951 although in 1950 he turned to sculling. In 1952, he went into compulsory military service in the Yugoslav Army, and served in Pula, where he was spotted by Luka Marasović the rowing coach. Marasović persuaded him to join HVK Mornar, and in 1953, he won the single scull for Mornar in the Croatian championship. He went on to win the Yugoslav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perica Radić
Perica Radić ( sr, Перица Радић; born 13 March 1984 in Smederevo, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian football player, he plays the position of goalkeeper for the French team AS Cannes. Career Radić played the position of goalkeeper for the French team FC Nantes Atlantique in 2000–2006 and later for AC Ajaccio and Stade de Reims Stade de Reims () is a French professional association football, football club based in Reims. The club was formed in 1910 and plays in Ligue 1, the top level of Football in France, having been promoted from Ligue 2 in 2017–18 Ligue 2, 2018. .... External links * 1984 births Living people Serbian footballers FC Nantes players AC Ajaccio players Stade de Reims players FC Gueugnon players Ligue 2 players Association football goalkeepers {{Serbia-footy-goalkeeper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristina Perica
Kristina Perica (born 5 November 1979) is a Croatian sprinter. She competed in the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 .... References 1979 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Croatian female sprinters Olympic athletes of Croatia Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic female sprinters {{Croatia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
