Ivan Buljan
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ivan Buljan | ||
| Date of birth | 11 December 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Runovići, FPR Yugoslavia | ||
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| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1967 | NK Mračaj | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1967–1977 | Hajduk Split | 192 | (14) |
| 1977–1981 | Hamburger SV | 103 | (22) |
| 1981–1982 | New York Cosmos | 33 | (3) |
| International career | |||
| 1973 | Yugoslavia U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 1973–1981 | Yugoslavia | 36 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1995 | Hajduk Split | ||
| 1996–1997 | Hajduk Split | ||
| 1997–1998 | Étoile Sportive du Sahel | ||
| 1998 | HNK Šibenik | ||
| 1999 | Al-Wakrah Sports Club | ||
| 2000–2001 | Al Salmiya Club | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ivan "Iko" Buljan (born 11 December 1949 in Runovići village near Imotski) is Croatian sport manager and a former Yugoslavian footballer, he was a member of the Yugoslavia squad at the FIFA World Cup 1974 and the 1976 European Football Championship.
Player career
Ethnically Croatian, he had a successful career as a defender and 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 F.C.. 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.
Manager career
From 2008 to 2009, he was the sporting director at HNK Hajduk Split.[2]
Awards
Yugoslav Footballer of the Year: 1975
References
External links
- Career stats of Ivan Buljan on Serbian national football team website (Serbian)
- New York Cosmos stats
- Ivan Buljan at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- Living people
- Croatian footballers
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- HNK Hajduk Split players
- Hamburger SV players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Bundesliga players
- 1974 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 1976 players
- North American Soccer League (1968–84) players
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- Croatian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate football managers in Kuwait
- New York Cosmos players
- Croatian football managers
- Al-Wakra Sports Club managers
- HNK Hajduk Split managers
- Étoile Sportive du Sahel managers
- HNK Šibenik managers
- HNK Hajduk Split non-playing staff
