Željko Bilecki (born 28 April 1950) is a Canadian retired soccer player. Club career Bilecki played at the youth level with Toronto Croatia's junior team in 1969. In 1970, he played in the National Soccer League with Toronto Croatia's senior team. He was named the league's top goalkeeper twice in 1971, and 1972. In 1974, he assisted in securing the NSL Championship against Toronto Homer. For the 1975 season he played in the North American Soccer League with Toronto Metros-Croatia. 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 Bowl '83. Bilecki also won the NASL's indoor title in 1979–80 with Tampa Bay. International career Bilecki made his debut for Canada on 22 December 1976 in a 3–0 victory against the United States in a World Cup qualification match in Port-au-Prince. He won two more caps the next year, the last of these coming in a 2–1 win over Suriname on 12 October 1977 in Mexico City, where he came on at the start of the second half to replace Tony Chursky. References External links NASL career stats 1950 births Living people Footballers from Zagreb Yugoslav emigrants to Canada Croatian emigrants to Canada Naturalized citizens of Canada Association football goalkeepers Yugoslav footballers Canadian soccer players Canada men's international soccer players Toronto Croatia players Toronto Blizzard (1971–1984) players Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–1993) players Los Angeles Aztecs players Tulsa Roughnecks (1978–1984) players Canadian National Soccer League players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) indoor players Yugoslav expatriate footballers Canadian expatriate soccer players Expatriate soccer players in the United States Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in the United States