Miroslav Blažević, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Miroslav Blažević

Croatian footballer and manager

Date of Birth: 10-Feb-1935

Place of Birth: Travnik, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Profession: politician, association football manager, association football player

Nationality: Croatia

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Miroslav "Ciro" Blaževic (Croatian pronunciation: [mîrosla? t?i?ro bla??e?it?] (listen); born 10 February 1935) is a Bosnian Croat former football manager and former professional football player.
His professional playing career spanned from 1954 to 1966, during which he played for GNK Dinamo Zagreb, NK Lokomotiva, FK Sarajevo, NK Rijeka and Swiss clubs FC Sion and FC Moutier. As a manager, his most successful period was with the Croatian national team, which he led to the quarter-finals in the 1996 European championship and won third place at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
He also managed national teams: Switzerland, Iran, Bosnia and Herzegovina and China Olympic.
Blaževic also had successful spells at FC Vevey, FC Sion, FC Lausanne-Sport, NK Rijeka, Dinamo Zagreb, Grasshopper Zürich, FK Priština, NK Osijek, NK Varteks, NK Zagreb, Shanghai Shenhua and FK Sloboda Tuzla. From 29 March 1993 to 23 February 1995 he was president of Dinamo Zagreb.Parallel to his coaching, Blaževic also maintains an off-and-on political career in Croatia where he is known as "Trener svih trenera" (the "Coach of all coaches").