Blazevic is new China Olympic coach
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Loading...AFC – Beijing, China named Croatia’s Miroslav Blazevic the new head coach of its 
Olympic team on Saturday, state media reported.
Olympic team on Saturday, state media reported.
The Chinese Football Association (CFA) is bringing Blazevic in after the team’s poor performance at the Asian Games in Guangzhou last month, the official Xinhua news agency.
He replaces Chinese coach Sun Wei.
Blazevic signed a two-year contract with the CFA, which expires in December 2012, Xinhua said. Li Bing was named assistant coach.
Blazevic, 75, who coached Croatia to third place in the 1998 World Cup, led the Chinese Super League team Shanghai Shenhua to third place this year.
He resigned as Bosnia’s national coach last year after the team failed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup.
