Željko Bilecki [SEP] member of sports team
Željko Bilecki
Željko Bilecki (born 28 April 1950 in Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Canadian soccer player who played for Toronto Croatia and then in the North American Soccer League for Toronto Metros-Croatia in Canada. He later played for three other NASL sides in the United States: Tampa Bay Rowdies, Los Angeles Aztecs and Tulsa Roughnecks. He won a Soccer Bowl with Toronto in 1976 and was a runner-up in 1979 for Tampa Bay. He was the back up goalie for Tulsa when they won Soccer
win over the Minnesota Kicks – at the Kingdome in Seattle. The championship team was coached by Marijan Bilić, an immigrant to Canada who had played for Dinamo Zagreb. The champions' team was: Paolo Cimpiel, Ted Polak, Željko Bilecki, Ivan Lukačević, Robert Iarusci, Eusébio, Mladen Cukon, Carmine Marcantonio, Ivair Ferreira, Wolfgang Suhnholz, Damir Sutevski, Ivan Grnja, Filip Blašković and Chris Horrocks.
However, the NASL was never comfortable with the Croatia link (an obvious ethnic connection). League executives