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Miroslav Blažević

1935 - 2023

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Miroslav "Ćiro" Blažević (Croatian pronunciation: [mîroslaʋ tɕǐːro blǎːʒeʋitɕ] ; 9 February 1935 – 8 February 2023) was a Bosnian-Croatian professional football manager and player. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Miroslav Blažević is the 40th most popular coach (down from 39th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Bosnia and Herzegovina (down from 17th in 2019) and the most popular Bosnian, Herzegovinian Coach.

Miroslav Blažević is most famous for being the coach of the Croatian national team that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

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Among COACHES

Among coaches, Miroslav Blažević ranks 40 out of 471. Before him are Ottmar Hitzfeld, Michael Laudrup, Dick Advocaat, Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Otto Rehhagel, and Bernd Schuster. After him are Tito Vilanova, Marcelo Bielsa, Luis de la Fuente, Héctor Cúper, Luciano Spalletti, and Jean-Pierre Papin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Miroslav Blažević ranks 44. Before him are Gherman Titov, Charles Koch, Sylvia Earle, Jim Peebles, Ryke Geerd Hamer, and Giya Kancheli. After him are Adnan Khashoggi, Danilo Kiš, Elsa Martinelli, Akira Kitaguchi, Artur Rasizade, and Don Norman. Among people deceased in 2023, Miroslav Blažević ranks 54. Before him are Ferid Murad, Wolfgang Schäuble, Tony Bennett, Lisa Marie Presley, Robert Solow, and Ivan Silayev. After him are Mary Quant, Burt Young, Glenda Jackson, László Sólyom, David McCallum, and Cormac McCarthy.

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In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among people born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Miroslav Blažević ranks 23 out of 375. Before him are Dražen Dalipagić (1951), Milorad Dodik (1959), Ivica Osim (1941), Boris Tadić (1958), Nedeljko Čabrinović (1895), and Vahid Halilhodžić (1952). After him are Vukašin of Serbia (1320), Ante Marković (1924), Haris Silajdžić (1945), Vojislav Šešelj (1954), Meša Selimović (1910), and Vjekoslav Luburić (1914).

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Among COACHES In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among coaches born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Miroslav Blažević ranks 1. After him are Safet Sušić (1955), Ljupko Petrović (1947), Zlatko Dalić (1966), Dušan Bajević (1948), Vladimir Petković (1963), Džemaludin Mušović (1944), Mladen Krstajić (1974), Željko Buvač (1961), Albert Pobor (1956), Mato Neretljak (1979), and Amar Osim (1967).

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