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Marijan Bilić
Marijan Bilić is a Croatian retired footballer who played in the Yugoslav First League, National Soccer League, and North American Soccer League. Playing career Bilić played in the Yugoslav First League with Dinamo Zagreb in 1967. In 1969, he played with Toronto Croatia in the National Soccer League, where he was given the captaincy. He assisted in winning the NSL Championship in 1971, and 1974. In 1977, Toronto Metro's signed Bilić to a playing contract. Managerial career In July 1970, he was named the player-coach for Toronto Croatia. In 1975, he briefly served as an interim coach for the Toronto Metros-Croatia in the North American Soccer League The North American Soccer League (NASL) was the top-level major professional soccer league in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984. It is considered the first soccer league to be successful on a national scale in the ..., where he managed a 13–9 record. After the dismissal of Ivan Marković (fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defender (association Football)
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers, and wing-backs. The centre-back and full-back positions are most common in modern formations. The sweeper and wing-back roles are more specialised, often limited to certain formations dependent on the manager's style of play and tactics. Centre-back The centre-back (also known as a central defender or centre-half, as the modern role of the centre-back arose from the centre-half position) defends in the area directly in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players, particularly centre-forwards, from scoring. Centre-backs accomplish this by blocking shots, tackling, intercepting passes, contesting headers and marking forwards to discourage the opposing team from passing to them. Centre-backs are often tall and positioned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
