Ivan Buljan
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Ivan "Iko" Buljan (born 11 December 1949) is a Croatian football manager and former player who played as a defender. He was a member of the Yugoslavia national team at the 1974 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1976.
Playing career
Buljan was born in Runovići village near Imotski. Ethnically Croatian, he was capped for the Yugoslavia national team 36 times. He reached the European Cup final 1979–80 with Hamburger SV where the club ultimately lost to Nottingham Forest. He is also known by his nickname Iko.
Buljan started his career with local club NK Mračaj before moving to the first-league team Hajduk Split in 1967. In 1975, he was selected as Večernji list's top player in Yugoslavia. Buljan finally left Hajduk in 1977 for Hamburger SV where he played until 1981. He then finished his career with two seasons with the New York Cosmos.
Managerial career
From 2008 to 2009, he was the sporting director at HNK Hajduk Split.[1]
Honours
Individual
References
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- 1949 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Split-Dalmatia County
- Men's association football central defenders
- Yugoslav men's footballers
- Yugoslavia men's under-21 international footballers
- Yugoslavia men's international footballers
- 1974 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 1976 players
- HNK Hajduk Split players
- Hamburger SV players
- New York Cosmos (1970–1985) players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Bundesliga players
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
- Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany
- Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in West Germany
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Croatian football managers
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- Étoile Sportive du Sahel managers
- HNK Šibenik managers
- Al-Wakrah SC managers
- Al-Salmiya SC managers
- Kuwait Premier League managers
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