Miroslav Blaevi was a professional football manager and player from Croatia who lived from 10 February 1935 to 8 February 2023. He played professionally for Dinamo Zagreb, Lokomotiva Zagreb, FK Sarajevo, HNK Rijeka, and Swiss teams FC Sion and FC Moutier between 1954 and 1966.
His most fruitful time as a manager was with the Croatian national team, which he steered to third place at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the quarterfinals of the 1996 European Championship. Additionally, he was the national team manager for the Swiss, Iranian, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Chinese Olympic teams. At FC Vevey, FC Sion, FC Lausanne-Sport, HNK Rijeka, GNK Dinamo Zagreb, Grasshopper Zürich, FC Prishtina, NK Osijek, NK Varteks, NK Zagreb, and Shanghai Shenhua, Blaevi also enjoyed success.
Miroslav Blazevic Siblings: Meet Miroslav Blazevic Sibling Jozefina Dragun
Jozefina Dragun is a sibling of Miroslav Blazevic. He started his youth career with the local team NK Travnik before moving to Zagreb and signing with Dinamo Zagreb. His playing career was, by his own admission, average, thus he started his coaching career quite young.