Zvonimir Boban, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Zvonimir Boban

Croatian footballer

Date of Birth: 08-Oct-1968

Place of Birth: Imotski, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia

Profession: association football player

Nationality: Croatia

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Zvonimir Boban

  • Zvonimir Boban (Croatian pronunciation: [z?ônimi?r boban] (listen); born 8 October 1968) is a Croatian former footballer who was Deputy Secretary General of FIFA.
  • He is currently the Chief Football Officer of AC Milan.
  • Boban played as a midfielder and was usually deployed as an attacking midfielder.
  • He played most of his professional career for Italian club Milan with whom he won four Serie A titles and one UEFA Champions League title.
  • He also captained the Croatia national team which won third place at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
  • Before 1990 and the international recognition of Croatia's national team, Boban had played for the Yugoslavia under-20 team which won the 1987 World Youth Championship.
  • Boban scored three times in this tournament, as well as scoring in the final (drawn 1–1 with West Germany) and then converting the decisive penalty in the shootout.
  • Having made his debut for the full Yugoslavia team in 1988, Boban switched to playing for Croatia after the national team's inception, debuting against Romania in December 1990.
  • Having appeared seven times for Yugoslavia, scoring once, Boban was capped 51 times for Croatia, scoring 12 goals, between 1990 and 1999. Since retiring from playing in 2002, Boban gained a history degree from the University of Zagreb.
  • He has also become a football pundit on Croatian and Italian television, working most notably for Sky Italia and RTL Televizija.
  • He has a reputation as an outspoken analyst.

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