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Slaven Bilić

1968 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Slaven Bilić has received more than 2,772,107 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Slaven Bilić is the 698th most popular soccer player (up from 846th in 2019), the 107th most popular biography from Croatia (up from 131st in 2019) and the 11th most popular Croatian Soccer Player.

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  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Slaven Bilić ranks 698 out of 21,273. Before him are Daigoro Kondo, Andreas Möller, Jacinto Quincoces, Álvaro Gestido, Murtaz Khurtsilava, and Luis Fernández. After him are Aymoré Moreira, Rüştü Reçber, Giuseppe Baresi, David Silva, Søren Lerby, and Jerzy Dudek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Slaven Bilić ranks 56. Before him are Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, DJ BoBo, Sam Rockwell, Aaron Eckhart, Hajime Moriyasu, and Terry Crews. After him are Marc Anthony, Mathias Rust, Larry Sanger, Tracy Morgan, Stefan Effenberg, and Patricia Arquette.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Slaven Bilić ranks 107 out of 700. Before him are Roberto Ferruzzi (1853), Mario Mandžukić (1986), Branimir of Croatia (850), Goran Hadžić (1958), Mile Budak (1889), and Stjepan Filipović (1916). After him are Vladimir Nazor (1876), Maximianus of Ravenna (499), Herman Potočnik (1892), Tin Ujević (1891), Trpimir I of Croatia (850), and Zlatko Čajkovski (1923).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Croatia

Among soccer players born in Croatia, Slaven Bilić ranks 11. Before him are Josip Skoblar (1941), Vladimir Beara (1928), Zvonimir Boban (1968), Ilija Petković (1945), Branko Zebec (1929), and Mario Mandžukić (1986). After him are Zlatko Čajkovski (1923), Petar Nadoveza (1942), Bernard Vukas (1927), Mirko Jozić (1940), Alen Bokšić (1970), and Ivan Perišić (1989).

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