Miroslav Blažević
Managing Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miroslav Blažević | ||
| Date of birth | 9 February 1935 | ||
| Place of birth | Travnik, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Travnik | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1957–1958 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| 1958–1959 | FK Sarajevo | ||
| 1959–1964 | Rijeka | ||
| 1964–1966 | Sion | ||
| 1966–1968 | Hajduk Split | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1968–1971 | Vevey | ||
| 1971–1976 | Sion | ||
| 1976–1979 | Lausanne-Sport | ||
| 1976–1977 | Switzerland | ||
| 1979–1980 | Rijeka | ||
| 1980–1983 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| 1983–1985 | Grasshopper | ||
| 1986 | FC Prishtina | ||
| 1986–1988 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| 1988–1991 | Nantes | ||
| 1991–1992 | PAOK | ||
| 1992–1994 | Dinamo 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 | NK Zagreb | ||
| 2008–2009 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| 2009–2010 | Shanghai Shenhua | ||
| 2010–2011 | China U23 | ||
| 2011–2012 | Mes Kerman | ||
| 2012–2013 | NK Zagreb | ||
| 2014 | Sloboda Tuzla | ||
| 2014 | Zadar | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Miroslav "Ćiro" Blažević (Croatian pronunciation: [mǐroslaʋ t͡ɕǐːro blǎːʒeʋit͡ɕ]; born 9 February 1935) is a retired Bosnian Croat football manager.
His most successful period was with Croatia national football team, which he led to quarter-finals in the 1996 European championship and won third place at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
Parallel to his coaching, Blažević also maintains an off-and-on political career in Croatia where he is known as "Trener svih trenera" (the "Coach of all coaches").
Blažević was born to a Bosnian Croat family in Travnik, Drina Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. His career as a player was, by his own admission, average; therefore, he began his coaching career at a relatively early age. As a player, he played for Dinamo Zagreb, Lokomotiva Zagreb, Zagreb, Rijeka, Sarajevo, and Sion. He started as a coach where he ended his playing days—in Switzerland. He first led FC Vevey (1968–71) then his former team FC Sion (1971–76), FC Lausanne-Sport (1976–79) and finally Switzerland's national team (as interim coach for two games in 1976).
Blažević returned to Yugoslavia in 1978 to coach Rijeka. After finishing 10th with Rijeka in the 1978–79 season, Blažević took over Dinamo Zagreb, one of Yugoslavia's big four clubs (the other three being Hajduk Split, Red Star Belgrade and Partizan) in 1980. After a mediocre first season, in which Dinamo finished 5th, Ćiro became an instant club legend in the 1981–82, winning the first Yugoslav league title for the Zagreb outfit after a 24-year drought.
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