Miroslav Blažević
Bosnian footballer and manager (1935–2023) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Miroslav "Ćiro" Blažević (Croatian pronunciation: [mîroslaʋ tɕǐːro blǎːʒeʋitɕ] ⓘ;[1][2][3] 9 February 1935 – 8 February 2023) was a Bosnian-Croatian professional football manager and player.
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Date of birth | (1935-02-09)9 February 1935 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Dolac, Travnik, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 8 February 2023(2023-02-08) (aged 87) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Zagreb, Croatia | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right winger | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Travnik | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1954–1955 | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1955–1957 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1957–1959 | Sarajevo | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1959–1963 | Rijeka | 48 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
1963–1965 | Sion | ||||||||||||||||
1965–1966 | Moutier | ||||||||||||||||
Total | 66 | (4) | |||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
1968–1971 | Vevey | ||||||||||||||||
1971–1976 | Sion | ||||||||||||||||
1976 | Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||
1976–1979 | Lausanne-Sport | ||||||||||||||||
1979–1980 | Rijeka | ||||||||||||||||
1980–1983 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||||||||||||||||
1983–1985 | Grasshopper | ||||||||||||||||
1986 | Prishtina | ||||||||||||||||
1986–1988 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||||||||||||||||
1988–1991 | Nantes | ||||||||||||||||
1991–1992 | PAOK | ||||||||||||||||
1992–1994 | Croatia Zagreb | ||||||||||||||||
1994–2000 | Croatia | ||||||||||||||||
2001 | Iran | ||||||||||||||||
2002 | Osijek | ||||||||||||||||
2002–2003 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||||||||||||||||
2003 | Mura | ||||||||||||||||
2003–2005 | Varteks | ||||||||||||||||
2005 | Hajduk Split | ||||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Neuchâtel Xamax | ||||||||||||||||
2006–2008 | Zagreb | ||||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Shanghai Shenhua | ||||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | China U-23 | ||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Mes Kerman | ||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Zagreb | ||||||||||||||||
2014 | Sloboda Tuzla | ||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Zadar | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
A former right winger, his professional playing career spanned from 1954 to 1966, during which he played for Dinamo Zagreb, Lokomotiva Zagreb, Sarajevo, Rijeka and Swiss clubs Sion and Moutier.
As a manager, his most successful period was with the Croatia national team, which he led to the quarter-finals in the 1996 European Championship and won third place at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He also managed the following national teams: Switzerland, Iran, Bosnia and Herzegovina and China Olympic. Blažević also had successful spells at Vevey, Sion, Lausanne-Sport, Rijeka, Dinamo Zagreb, Grasshopper Zürich, Prishtina, Osijek, Varteks, Zagreb, Shanghai Shenhua and Sloboda Tuzla.
From 29 March 1993 to 23 February 1995 he was president of Dinamo Zagreb.[4]
Blažević maintained a colourful public persona in Croatia, where he was reverently known as "trener svih trenera" (the "coach of all coaches").[5][6]