Slaven Bilic is a Croatian professional football manager and former player, who is the manager of Premier League club West Bromwich Albion.
Bilic, 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, Bilic served as one of Croatia's most consistent defenders during the tenure of coach Miroslav Blazevic, 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, Bilic 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 Besiktas and West Ham United. During the 2018–19 season he was head coach of Al-Ittihad, and on 13 June 2019 he became the manager of West Bromwich Albion.<\/P>","2C2DB8E0A27DDF86":"","12CF5F874EE8072F":"Slaven Bilic","C606677BC35A1B73EF2C1314AB427615":"Saudi Arabia","A494ABC507986833":"Al-Fateh SC","F2997F3FCAC3F1F36AFD1065D14BBF9E":"84kg","AEA806C1427039FE44581DB525FB9B7BD0F0E6F183CA457B":"1958","41128DAD6401C79B":"","891E8ED23A68FBCE79DAB5425E7817DA":"2023-7-8","B53FD9094B6C7706A3358457A9AFAFFFED8DF2C618386067":"1","09138E45C3AF9F63D172519924158A69":"
DOMESTIC PLAYER
<\/U>Saudi Professional League (Level 1)<\/STRONG>
Winners (1): 2012–13
Saudi First Division (Level 2)<\/STRONG>
Runners-up (1): 2008-09
Second Division (Level 3)<\/STRONG>
Winners (3): 1982–83, 1996–97, 1998–99
Runners-up (1): 2002–03
Saudi Super Cup<\/STRONG>
Winners (1): 2013<\/P>","078F3C827B475FC4":"5300","71917274BAF6F295":"","91FE8FA7C5C430DAAFC7BD28FB26F7CC":"
<\/U><\/STRONG>CLUB
<\/U><\/STRONG>Hajduk Split<\/STRONG>
Croatian First League: 1992
Yugoslav Cup: 1990–91
Croatian Cup: 1992–93, 1999–2000
Croatian Super Cup: 1992
INTERNATIONAL
<\/U><\/STRONG>Croatia<\/STRONG>
FIFA World Cup third-place: 1998
INDIVIDUAL
<\/U><\/STRONG>Prva HNL Player of the Year:
<\/STRONG>1992
Best Croatian footballer of 1997 by Novi list
<\/STRONG>Best Croatian footballer of 1997 by Sportske novosti
<\/STRONG>Ivica Jobo Kurtini Award:
<\/STRONG>1997
MANAGERIAL
<\/U><\/STRONG>Franjo Bucar State Award for Sport:
<\/STRONG>1998 (as player) and 2007 (as manager)
Media Servis person of the year:
<\/STRONG>2007
Vatrena krila heart of the supporters Award:
<\/STRONG>2014
West Bromwich Albion
<\/STRONG>EFL Championship runner-up: 2019–20 (Promotion to Premier League)<\/P>","4ED7E9E8DBD22FFE":"199","55C75D25959437F15B2401A05EABB58A":"Slaven Bilic","e_index":2};