Slaven Bilić
Slaven Bilic [ bi ː slaʋɛn litɕ ] ( born September 11, 1968 in Split ) is a former Croatian footballer and current coach of the Turkish football club Beşiktaş Istanbul.
Playing career
Association
1987 moved Bilic on into the professional squad of HNK Hajduk Split. To get match practice, borrowed the one defensive player from winter to NK Primorac 1929. For the following season Bilic did not return; the Hajduk managers gave him on loan for the season from 1988/89 to HNK Šibenik. Upon his return, the defender played in the Split starting eleven. In 1992, he won the Croatian championship his first national title.
His athletic most moving time had Bilic at Karlsruher SC. There, he scored in the seasons from 1993 to 1996 a total of five goals - but also received three restraining orders - and qualified with the KSC twice for the UEFA Cup competition. He was part of the team of the KSC, which, inter alia, the FC Valencia 7-0 hit in the 1993/94 season in the UEFA Cup, in which the 7:0 Bilic headed home, and was able to advance to the semifinals. In 1995, Bilic with the KSC the DFB -Hallen Masters.
During the winter break of the 1995/96 season he was transferred to the English Premier League for West Ham United. There he graduated in the remaining game time 13 games. In the 1996/97 season he scored two goals in 35 games. On July 16, 1997, he moved for £ 4.5 million for the Liga rivals Everton.
From there Bilic moved in 2000 back to Hajduk Split where he graduated as a professional nine games in his last year and again won the championship.
National
He played a total of 44 times for the Croatian national team, for whom he scored three goals. He was the Football World Cup in 1998, where he also his biggest success with the third place as a national player in the Croatian World Cup squad. Bilic excelled in his playing days as a defensive player primarily for his heading ability from.
Achievements
- Croatian soccer champion with HNK Hajduk Split: 1992, 2001
- DFB Indoor Cup with Karlsruher SC: 1995
Coaching career
Prior to his time as a Croatian national coach he had already trained the Croatian U- 21 team. The journal World Soccer has named Bilic for his work on the world's best youth coach of the year 2006. From the International Federation of Football History & Statistics ( IFFHS ), he was voted as the second best coach in the world in 2007.
From 2006 to 2012, he was coach of the senior national team of Croatia. This he did in the final round of the European Football Championship in 2008 and moved to the quarterfinals of the tournament. There, the team retired, however, from 1:3 on penalties to Turkey. For the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, his team did not qualify. In the 2012 European Football Championship Croatia difference in the group stage behind the eventual finalists, Spain and Italy.
For the season 2012/13 undertook Lokomotiv Moscow Bilic as the new head coach. He signed a three-year contract until 30 June 2015 and resigned his job to after the 2012 European Football Championship. He took over the team of José Couceiro, whose expiring contract was not renewed.
On 26 June 2013, the Turkish club Besiktas Istanbul Bilic committed.
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Bilic looked fierce criticism after he quarterfinal game of Euro 1996 against Germany the fallen Christian goat had kicked in the chest during anyway " brutal " (quote Berti Vogts ). Although the referee stood by Bilic did not have to leave the field.
February 13, 2008 Bilic was appointed UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Bilic is the first Croatian athlete, which was bestowed this honor. In the grounds of the Children's Fund says, Bilic RELATES for years as an advocate for the rights of children.
Bilic speaks German, Italian and English and has a law degree completed. He is divorced and has a son and a daughter. Bilic is a guitarist in the rock band Rawbau, which also presented its official fan song before Euro 2008.