COACH

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miroslav Blažević has received more than 416,170 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Miroslav Blažević is the 39th most popular coach, the 17th most popular biography from Bosnia and Herzegovina 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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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COACHES

Among coaches, Miroslav Blažević ranks 39 out of 471. Before him are Fatih Terim, Hans-Dieter Flick, Michael Laudrup, Marcelo Bielsa, Leo Beenhakker, and Ottmar Hitzfeld. After him are Luciano Spalletti, Maurizio Sarri, Manuel Pellegrini, Jean-Pierre Papin, Bernd Schuster, and Hugo Sánchez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Miroslav Blažević ranks 36. Before him are William Friedkin, Gherman Titov, Mylène Demongeot, Mercedes Sosa, Bibi Andersson, and Seiji Ozawa. After him are Adnan Khashoggi, Ryke Geerd Hamer, Danilo Kiš, Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Giya Kancheli. Among people deceased in 2023, Miroslav Blažević ranks 54. Before him are Pervez Musharraf, Alan Arkin, Federico Bahamontes, Tom Wilkinson, Otar Iosseliani, and David McCallum. After him are Mircea Snegur, Lucile Randon, Dick Fosbury, Jan Jongbloed, Ahmed Qurei, and Mark Margolis.

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In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among people born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Miroslav Blažević ranks 17 out of 375. Before him are Lala Mustafa Pasha (1500), Slobodan Praljak (1945), Vladimir Prelog (1906), Zoran Đinđić (1952), Biljana Plavšić (1930), and Vahid Halilhodžić (1952). After him are Vukašin of Serbia (1320), Ivica Osim (1941), Meša Selimović (1910), Boris Tadić (1958), Vojislav Šešelj (1954), and David Elazar (1925).

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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), Mato Neretljak (1979), Mladen Krstajić (1974), Željko Buvač (1961), Amar Osim (1967), and Albert Pobor (1956).

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