Miroslav Blažević, Croatia football coach: Profile, Career, News & Videos

Miroslav Blažević was a Bosnian and 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. He also managed the following national teams: Switzerland, Iran, Bosnia and Herzegovina and China Olympic. Blažević also had successful spells at Vevey, Sion, Lausanne-Sport, Rijeka, Dinamo Zagreb, Grasshopper Zürich, Priština, Osijek, Varteks, Zagreb, Shanghai Shenhua and Sloboda Tuzla.

From 29 March 1993 to 23 February 1995, he was president of Dinamo Zagreb.

Blažević maintained a colourful public persona in both Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, where he was reverently known as \"trener svih trenera\" (the \"coach of all coaches\").