Zvonimir Boban
Zvonimir Boban (born 8 October 1968) is a former Croatian football player. He has played for Yugoslavia's national team and Croatia's national team.
 Boban in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zvonimir Boban | ||
| Date of birth | 8 October 1968 (aged 57) | ||
| Place of birth | Imotski, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1978–1981 | Mračaj Runović | ||
| 1981–1982 | Hajduk Split | ||
| 1983–1985 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1991 | Dinamo Zagreb | 109 | (45) |
| 1991–2001 | Milan | 178 | (21) |
| 1991–1992 | → Bari (loan) | 17 | (2) |
| 2001 | → Celta Vigo (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 308 | (68) | |
| National team | |||
| 1987 | Yugoslavia U20 | 6 | (3) |
| 1988–1991 | Yugoslavia | 7 | (1) |
| 1992–1999 | Croatia | 49 | (12) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career statistics
Club
Milan[2]
International
Yugoslavia
- FIFA World Youth Championship: 1987
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 1990 (Runners-up)
Croatia
- FIFA World Cup: 1998 (Third place)
International goals
- Results list Yugoslavia's and Croatia's goal tallies first.
| # | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yugoslavia goals | |||||||
| 1 | 16 May 1991 | Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia |  Faroe Islands
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Euro 1992 qualifying | |||
| Croatia goals | |||||||
| 1 | 25 March 1995 | Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia |  Ukraine
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Euro 1996 qualifying | |||
| 2 | 3 September 1995 |  Estonia
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| 3 | 2 June 1996 | Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland |  Ireland
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Friendly | |||
| 4 | 16 June 1996 | Hillsborough, Sheffield, England |  Denmark
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Euro 1996 | |||
| 5 | 2 April 1997 | Stadion Poljud, Split, Croatia | 25 |  Slovenia
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3–3 | 1998 World Cup qualification | |
| 6 | |||||||
| 7 | 6 September 1997 | Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| 8 | 22 April 1998 | Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek, Croatia |  Poland
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Friendly | |||
| 9 | 6 June 1998 | Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia | 35 |  Australia
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7–0 | ||
| 10 | |||||||
| 11 | 14 October 1998 | 44 |  Macedonia
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3–2 | Euro 2000 qualifying | ||
| 12 | |||||||
Honours
Individual
- FIFA World Youth Championship Silver Ball: 1987
- Croatian Footballer of the Year: 1991, 1999
- Ballon d'Or: 1994 (24th place)
- SN Yellow Shirt Award: 1991
- Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport: 1998, 2002
- UEFA Jubilee Poll (2004): #92[3]
- AC Milan: The 20 Greatest Rossoneri of All-Time[4]
- AC Milan Hall of Fame[2]
- Fair Play Menarini Award 2017[5]
- Globe Soccer Awards 2018: Special Career Award
Orders
References
- ↑ "Zvonimir Boban". AC Milan. Archived from the original on 3 March 2000.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "AC Milan Hall of Fame: Zvonimir Boban". AC Milan. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ↑ "UEFA Awards". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 21 December 2006. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/uefa-awards.html#100. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ↑ AC Milan: The 20 Greatest Rossoneri of All-Time. Bleacher Report. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/912027-ac-milan-the-20-greatest-rossoneri-of-all-time. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
- ↑ FIFA.com
- ↑ (in hr) ODLUKU KOJOM SE ODLIKUJU REDOM DANICE HRVATSKE S LIKOM FRANJE BUČARA. hrvatska.poslovniforum.hr. http://hrvatska.poslovniforum.hr/nn-arhiva/00025/0256f.asp.
- ↑ (in hr) PREDSJEDNIK TUDJMAN ODLIKOVAO HRVATSKU NOGOMETNU REPREZENTACIJU. hrt.hr. http://www.hrt.hr/arhiv/98/07/12/h2_hrv.html.
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