Sunday 3 July 2011

Zvonimir Boban


DoB: Oct 8, 1968

PoB: Imotski, Yugoslavia SFR

Position: Midfielder

Clubs represented: Dinamo Zagreb, AC Milan, Bari, Celta Vigo

Total appearances/goals: 308/68

Total caps: 51/12 (7/1 for Yugoslavia)

Honours:
3 domestic league titles, 3 italian supercups
1 UEFA Champions League, 1 European Supercup

WC98: 3rd place
World Youth Championship: 1987

Croatian Footballer of the Year: 99

Highs:
His 9 years at AC Milan saw him at the top of world football, undertaking a playmaker role in the first team for most part of that period of time.
Captained his country to its highest world cup honour of 3rd place in 98.

Lows:
Played only 4 matches in his last season in Vigo (on loan from Milan), prompting his early retirement.

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