Daniel Rubén Biloš (born 3 September 1980) is an Argentine former professional

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who played for clubs in

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and

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. He made three appearances scoring one goal for the Argentina national team.

Club career

Born in

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, Bilos started his career at lower league team Sportivo Pergamino in 1999, but was soon picked up by Banfield. He played for them for four years, including the

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before making the move to Argentine club

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in July 2005. At Boca he won several titles including Apertura 2005, Clausura 2006 and

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. In the summer of 2006 Bilos was signed by French team

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for on a three-year contract for a fee of £1 million but after six months on

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, He was lent to Mexican club

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on 15 January 2007, for one year, with the option to buy, although very poor play caused him to be eventually sent back. Bilos was traded to San Lorenzo, of Argentina, for the 2007 Apertura Championship. As of late November 2007, Bilos was injured and not scheduled to play competitive football until 2008. After nine years, the midfielder has returned on 4 August 2009 to Banfield, he played for

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last season. He was a non-playing member of the squad that won the Argentine championship for the first time in the history of the club, clinching the Apertura 2009 championship on the final day of the season. After failing to recover from the knee injury that kept him out of the Banfield team, he decided to retire from professional football in December 2009 aged 29. However, he returned to football activity in 2011, playing for

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International career

Since he is of Croatian descent, Bilos (originally Biloš) was offered in 2006 the chance to play for

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in the World Cup Germany 06, but he declined the offer because he felt he still had a chance to play for the country of his birth. After Argentina's quarter final defeat and the resignation of

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took over as manager of Argentina. This gave Bilos a great chance to get into the Argentina squad, with Basile being his former manager at Boca Juniors. Bilos was given his debut in Argentina's friendly with

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at the

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in London, England. Despite Argentina's relatively poor performance and their 3–0 defeat, Basile has kept faith with Bilos and continued to pick him for subsequent Argentina squads. On 10 October 2006 he scored Argentina's only goal in their 2–1 defeat against

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in a friendly match.

International goals

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Personal life

Biloš is of Croatian descent.

Honours

Boca Juniors *

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: 2005A *

: 2006C Douglas Haig *

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: 2011–12

References

External links

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Daniel Rubén Bilos
at FootballDatabase.com
Daniel Bilos Official Transfer to Club América
at

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bilos, Daniel Living people 1980 births Copa Sudamericana–winning players Footballers from Pergamino Argentine men's footballers Argentine people of Croatian descent Club Atlético Banfield footballers Boca Juniors footballers Men's association football midfielders Argentina men's international footballers AS Saint-Étienne players Club América footballers San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers Club Atlético Douglas Haig players Argentine Primera División players Ligue 1 players Liga MX players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Argentine expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France 21st-century Argentine sportsmen