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Slaven Bilić

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Slaven Bilić (pronounced [slǎʋen bǐːlitɕ]; born 11 September 1968) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player. Bilić, who played as a defender, began his career in 1988 with his hometown club Hajduk Split, later having successful spells with Karlsruher SC in Germany, and West Ham United and Everton in England before retiring from active football in 2001. At the international level, Bilić served as one of Croatia's most consistent defenders during the tenure of coach Miroslav Blažević, earning 44 caps between 1992 and 1999, and playing in UEFA Euro 1996 and the 1998 FIFA World Cup, helping the team to the third place at the latter tournament. Following his playing retirement in 2001 at Hajduk Split, Bilić coached the team in the second half of the 2001–02 season. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Slaven Bilić is the 917th most popular soccer player (down from 697th in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 107th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Croatian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Slaven Bilić ranks 917 out of 21,273. Before him are Mauro Tassotti, Wayne Rooney, Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Arturo Vidal, Marco Reus, and Géza Kalocsay. After him are Carlos Mozer, Pál Csernai, Nemanja Vidić, Santiago Solari, Richard Kohn, and Carlos Kaiser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Slaven Bilić ranks 74. Before him are Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein, Mark Fisher, Akhtar Mansour, Thom Yorke, Patricia Arquette, and Terry Crews. After him are Tricky, Jerry Yang, Matt Le Tissier, Euronymous, Michael Kiske, and Helena Christensen.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Slaven Bilić ranks 125 out of 700. Before him are Vatroslav Jagić (1838), Demetrius of Pharos (-300), Trpimir I of Croatia (850), Goran Ivanišević (1971), Lovro von Matačić (1899), and Branko Ivanković (1954). After him are Igor Tudor (1978), István Horthy (1904), David Frankfurter (1909), Josip Belušić (1847), Branimir of Croatia (850), and Quirinus of Sescia (300).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Croatia

Among soccer players born in Croatia, Slaven Bilić ranks 13. Before him are Branko Zebec (1929), Vladimir Beara (1928), Zvonimir Boban (1968), Ilija Petković (1945), Mario Mandžukić (1986), and Ivan Perišić (1989). After him are Igor Tudor (1978), Bernard Vukas (1927), Mirko Jozić (1940), Petar Nadoveza (1942), Željko Čajkovski (1925), and Ante Žanetić (1936).

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