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Nenad Bjelica

ネナード・ビェリツァ　/　ねなーど・びぇりつぁ

Association football player from Croatia

August 20, 1971 (age 54)　・　Osijek, Croatia

association football player
association football coach

My Take

Nenad Bjelica interests me because he made the harder transition look natural. Going from a physical playing career to managing a club as demanding as Dinamo Zagreb is not handed out lightly, and it tells me his football brain is the real asset. I find the shift compelling in itself: as a player you win with your body, as a manager you win with your reading of the game, and few people genuinely command both. There is a Leo-like authority in how he marshals a squad. More than that, he carries the weight of Croatia's deep footballing culture, and I rate him as a serious, hard-nosed coach.

Overview

Nenad Bjelica (Croatian pronunciation: [něnaːd bjělitsa]; born 20 August 1971) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Nenad Bjelica
Name (Japanese): ネナード・ビェリツァ
Reading: ねなーど・びぇりつぁ
Born: August 20, 1971 (age 54)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Leo / Boar
Origin: Osijek, Croatia
Blood type: Private
Height: 181 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player / association football coach

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8D%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%93%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AA%E3%83%84%E3%82%A1

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