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regarding well known croatian team player Robert Prosinecki

At the end of the 1986–87 season at Dinamo Zagreb, Blažević sent eighteen-year-old prospect Robert Prosinečki away from the club, famously stating he "would eat his coaching diploma if Prosinečki ever became a real [quality] football player". In the summer of 1987, Prosinečki moved to Yugoslav First League rivals Red Star Belgrade where he would go on to develop into one of the best players in Yugoslavia, winning three league titles, one cup trophy, and the European Cup title over the course of the following four years followed by a prominent transfer to Real Madrid and later Barcelona.[42]

During his head coaching tenure with Croatia, Blažević frequently called up Prosinečki as the player became a crucial part of the team and the two seemingly mended fences.

Their ambivalent relationship took a turn for the worse again at Croatia's 1998 FIFA World Cup semi-final match against France when Blažević did not let twenty-nine-year-old Prosinečki enter the contest until the 89th minute with Croatia down 1–2 after leading at the start of the second half and being tied until the 70th minute. Many sports journalists and supporters have claimed that Croatia would have reached the final had Prosinečki been given meaningful playing time in the match. Blažević has since claimed that Prosinečki "feigned picking up an injury" during training the day before the match.[43] Prosinečki commented on the match in 2014 by saying: "We are on good terms today, I appreciate him [Blažević] because he is unique. A man like him is born once in a lifetime, that's for sure. He has his flaws just like we all have, but he has his virtues too. For some reason, he always had problems with me. Had I played the match against France for at least half an hour I believe I would have, at the very least, been able to do something [positive]. Maybe we could have been champions, I don't know! I'm not angry, that would not be an accurate description of my feelings [on this]. Let's just say that I think of it as his mistake that he has to deal with.

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he also had some work as an actor in the balkans

having starred in normal length film, two docu films, 1 short film, 1 tv movie




his career honours

as a player
Lokomotiva Zagreb

Yugoslav Second League: 1955–56
Sarajevo

Yugoslav Second League: 1957–58
Sion

Swiss Cup: 1965


as a manager
Vevey

1. Liga: 1969–70
Sion

Swiss Cup: 1974
Dinamo Zagreb

Yugoslav First League: 1981–82
Yugoslav Cup: 1982–83
Prva HNL: 1992–93, 2002–03
Croatian Cup: 1993–94
Croatian Super Cup: 2002
Grasshopper

Swiss Super League: 1983–84
Hajduk Split

Croatian Super Cup: 2005
Sloboda Tuzla

First League of FBiH: 2013–14
Croatia

FIFA World Cup third place: 1998
Individual
Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport: 1998 (two awards), 2007
Bosnia and Herzegovina Manager of the Year: 2009

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he received two national orders

Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar (1995)
Order of Duke Branimir with Necklace (1998)

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