Igor Bišćan
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Igor Bišćan (Croatian pronunciation: [îɡor bǐʃtɕan]; born 4 May 1978) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player. In his playing career, he was a versatile player and could play almost every position in the defence or midfield, but featured mostly as a central midfielder, or as a central defender in his latter years.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Igor Bišćan | ||
Date of birth | (1978-05-04) 4 May 1978 (age 46)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1][2] | ||
Position(s) | Defender, midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Dinamo Zagreb | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–2000 | Dinamo Zagreb | 67 | (11) |
1995–1996 | → Samobor (loan) | 12 | (1) |
2000–2005 | Liverpool | 72 | (2) |
2005–2007 | Panathinaikos | 36 | (3) |
2008–2012 | Dinamo Zagreb | 61 | (1) |
Total | 248 | (18) | |
International career | |||
1998 | Croatia U20 | 2 | (1) |
1997–2000 | Croatia U21 | 15 | (1) |
1999 | Croatia B | 1 | (0) |
1999–2001 | Croatia | 15 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
2016–2017 | Rudeš | ||
2017–2018 | Olimpija Ljubljana | ||
2018–2019 | Rijeka | ||
2019–2023 | Croatia U21 | ||
2023 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
2023 | Al-Shabab | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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Bišćan played for his hometown club Dinamo Zagreb, English club Liverpool, with whom he won a Champions League winners medal, Greek club Panathinaikos, and represented the Croatia national team internationally, debuting in UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying match against Macedonia on 13 June 1999.