Marco Bilić

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|name = Marko Bilić

|fullname = Marko Bilić

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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1938|9|19}}

|birth_place = Jablanica, SFR Yugoslavia

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|position = Goalkeeper

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|years1 = 1960-1963

|clubs1 = Sarajevo

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|clubs2 = Trešnjevka

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|clubs3 = NK Zagreb

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|years4 = 1968

|clubs4 = Cleveland Stokers

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|clubs5 = Toronto Croatia

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|manageryears1 = 1985 |managerclubs1 = Sarajevo

|manageryears2 = –1989|managerclubs2 = Abahani KC

|manageryears3 = 1990|managerclubs3 = Johor FA

|manageryears4 = 1991|managerclubs4 = Perak FA

|manageryears5 = 1992|managerclubs5 = Malacca FA

|manageryears6 = 1993|managerclubs6 = Terengganu FA

|pcupdate = April 29, 2013

|ntupdate = April 29, 2013

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Marko Bilić, also spelt as Marco Bilic is a Bosnian-Croatian football manager. He is a retired football goalkeeper, playing for FK Sarajevo.{{cite web |url= https://www.fksarajevo.ba/bs/vijesti/marko-bilic-posjetio-klupske-prostorije/1168|title= Marko Bilić posjetio klupske prostorije.|author= |date= |website= fksarajevo.ba |publisher= |access-date= 29 January 2018|quote=}}{{cite web |url= http://fis-gol83-91.com.ba/index.php/mali-nogometfudbal/prilozi-za-almanah/almanah-malog-fudbala/160-almanah-malog-fudbala-novo-sarajevo|title= ALMANAH MALOG FUDBALA - NOVO SARAJEVO|author= |date= |website= fis-gol83-91.com.ba |publisher= |access-date= 29 January 2018|quote=}} He also played for Cleveland Stokers in the 1968 North American Soccer League season.

Coaching

Bilic has worked as coach or his former club Sarajevo, firstly as a youth coach and then as head coach, guiding the team to the Yugoslavian championship in 1985. He also coached in Bangladesh for Abahani Krira Chakra soccer club.

=Malaysia=

Bilic was employed in Malaysia by several teams in the early 1990s, starting with Johor FA in 1990, then Perak FA in 1991 and Malacca FA in 1992.{{cite news|last=Chin|first=Dan Guen|title=Johore Got Their Man|work=New Straits Times|date=1990-03-27|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19900327&id=JLJUAAAAIBAJ&pg=5408,3314044|accessdate=2018-01-29}}{{cite news|last=Chin|first=Dan Guen|title=Bilic cheers Johor, but not tonight|work=New Straits Times|date=1991-08-28|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zbUTAAAAIBAJ&pg=2636,5146078|accessdate=2010-08-19}}{{cite news|last=Chin|first=Dan Guen|title=Bilic goes to Malacca|work=New Straits Times|date=1992-01-19|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=s7cTAAAAIBAJ&pg=3413,3300733|accessdate=2010-08-19}} He also served as technical consultant for Terengganu FA from 1992 to 1994 specializing in youth development, and also coached the team in the latter half of 1993.{{cite news|last=Chin|first=Dan Guen|title=Trouble-shooting time for Bilic|work=New Straits Times|date=1993-09-01|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hZkWAAAAIBAJ&sjid-7xMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4691,293880|accessdate=2010-08-19}}{{Cite web|url=http://level-field.blogspot.com/2001/10/thank-you-bilic-malay-mail.html|title = Level Field: Thank you, Bilic (The Malay Mail)|date = 30 October 2001}}

References

{{cite book |last=Hatfield|first=Thomas|title=The History of Soccer in Greater Cleveland From 1906 until 1981 |publisher=Outskirts Press |date=2014 |page=409 |isbn=9781478700173|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=R9IdBAAAQBAJ&q=bilic&pg=PA409}}