The world of football mourns: the legendary Miroslav Blažević, who also sat on the bench of Murska Sobota’s Mura during his rich career, has died
V 88. Miroslav Blažević, the legendary Croatian coach who led the Cube players to third place at the 1998 World Championships in France, among other achievements during his illustrious career, has passed away, just before his birthday. Born in Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ćiro also played winter sports in his youth, but quickly turned his attention to football, to which he has devoted his entire life. As a footballer Miroslav Blažević played for
Dinamo
, Lokomotivo, Sarajevo, Rijeka, Sion and Moutier, and started his coaching career where he left off – in Switzerland.
He didn’t stay long in Fazanerija
As a coach, Miroslav Blažević has managed a number of clubs, including Vevey, Sion, Lausanne, Rijeka, Dinamo, Grasshopper, Pristina, Nantes, PAOK, Osijek, Varteks, Hajduk, Xamax, Zagreb, Shanghai Shenhuo, Mes Kerman, Sloboda from Tuzla, Zadar and for a while also Mura.
Ćiro arrived in Murska Sobota in July 2003 and stayed in Fazanerija until September. During that time, he managed Mura in eight matches, but he did not prove himself. Under his leadership, the Black and Whites won only three times and lost four times. Under his leadership, Nihad Pejković, Almir Sulejmanović, Aleksandar Radosavljević, Franc Fridl, Romano Obilinović, Ermin Raković, Patrik Ipavec, among others, played for the team.
Won almost half of all matches
His greatest success, as it is said, came in 1998, when he sensationally led Croatia, then relatively unknown and greatly underestimated in the eyes of the world public, to third place at the Mundial in France. He led Croatia 73 times and won almost half of all matches. He has also served as a selector for Switzerland, Iran, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Chinese Olympic team.
The “coach of all coaches”, as he liked to call himself, has had serious health problems recently. He was diagnosed with cancer and, although he resisted it for a long time, he finally lost his battle with the disease at the beginning of February 2023. Rest in peace, Miroslav Blažević!
This text was automatically translated using AI.
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