Ivica "Ivo" Grlić (born 6 August 1975) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian former professional

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who played as a

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. He served as

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for

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. Grlić was a free kick specialist, scoring a large number of goals from standards, both for his clubs and for the

Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team The Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team ( bs, Nogometna/Fudbalska reprezentacija Bosne i Hercegovine; sr, Фудбалска репрезентација Боснe и Херцеговинe, Fudbalska reprezentacija Bosne i Hercegovi ...

. In 2007, he announced retirement from international football, to concentrate on playing for his club.

International career

He made his debut for

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in an April 2004

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against

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and has earned a total of 16 caps, scoring 2 goals. His final international was an October 2006 European Championship qualification match against

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Bosnia and Herzegovina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Grlić goal''.

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* 1975 births Living people Footballers from Munich Association football midfielders Citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina through descent Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina international footballers FC Bayern Munich II players SC Fortuna Köln players 1. FC Köln players Alemannia Aachen players MSV Duisburg players Regionalliga players Oberliga (football) players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Germany Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Germany {{BosniaHerzegovina-footy-bio-stub