Slaven Bilic - Football Coach

Slaven Bilić (pronounced ; born 11 September 1968) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player. Bilić, who played as a defender, began his career in 1988 with his hometown club Hajduk Split, later having successful spells with Karlsruher SC in Germany, and West Ham United and Everton in England before retiring from active football in 2001. At the international level, Bilić served as one of Croatia's most consistent defenders during the tenure of coach Miroslav Blažević, earning 44 caps between 1992 and 1999, and playing in UEFA Euro 1996 and the 1998 FIFA World Cup, helping the team to the third place at the latter tournament. Following his playing retirement in 2001 at Hajduk Split, Bilić coached the team in the second half of the 2001–02 season. Between 2004 and 2006, he managed the Croatia national under-21 team before taking over the senior national side. He led the team to the quarter-finals of the 2008 European Championship and left after the next edition four years later. He was praised for his long-standing service to the national side and credited with successfully overseeing the introduction of a series of young players from the under-21 squad to the senior side. He left for the Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow in 2012 and then spent two years apiece managing Turkish club Beşiktaş and West Ham United. During the 2018–19 season he was the head coach of Al-Ittihad, and on 13 June 2019 he became the manager of West Bromwich Albion. After this he became manager of Chinese team Beijing Guoan, before becoming manager of Watford in 2022. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article

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Croatia	06/12
Euro 08 Qual 08	12
Friendlies 08	5
Euro 08	4
Qualif WC 10	10
Friendlies 09	1
Friendlies 10	6
Euro Qual 12	12
Friendlies 11	3
Friendlies 12	3
Euro 2012 12	3

Lokomotiv Moscow	12/13
RFPL 12/13	30
Russian Cup 12/13	2

Beşiktaş	13/15
Europa Qualif 13/14	2
Süper Lig 13/14	34
Champ Qualif 14/15	4
Süper Lig 14/15	34
Europa League 14/15	10

West Ham United	15/17
Europa Qualif 15/16	6
EPL 15/16	38
League Cup 15/16	1
FA Cup 15/16	6
Europa Qualif 16/17	4
League Cup 16/17	3
EPL 16/17	38
EFL Trophy 16/17	3
FA Cup 16/17	1
League Cup 17/18	3
EPL 17/18	11
EFL Trophy 17/18	2

Al-Ittihad	18/19
Pro League 18/19	16

West Bromwich Albion	19/20
Championship 19/20	46
League Cup 19/20	1
FA Cup 19/20	3
League Cup 20/21	2
EFL Trophy 20/21	3
EPL 20/21	13

Beijing Guoan	21/22
ACL 21	6
CSL 21	5

Watford	22/23
Championship 22/23	25
FA Cup 22/23	1

Al-Fateh SC	23/now
Pro League 23/24	34
Pro League 24/25	25