The West Ham United Academy is recognised as one of the most successful academies in modern football, hence its nickname the Academy of Football.
 The introduction of the FA's new Academy system in 1998 has placed even more emphasis on the developing of young homegrown players and today the youth system at West Ham is more important than it has ever been.
 With the influx of many foreign players in the Premier League during modern times, West Ham United has been regarded as one of the few remaining clubs in top flight to continue producing and playing homegrown English players.
Igor Štimac (] ; born 6 September 1967) is a Croatian football coach and former footballer, who played as a centre back.
 In his playing career he had three spells with Hajduk Split and also played for Cádiz in Spain and for Derby County and West Ham United in England.
 He represented the Croatia national team 53 times, playing at Euro 1996 and at the 1998 World Cup, when Croatia finished third.
Mark James Noble (born 8 May 1987) is an English footballer who plays as a central midfielder and is captain of West Ham United.
 He has played almost all his youth and first team football for West Ham apart from two short loan spells, at Hull City and Ipswich Town.
 He has played for England at U16, U17, U18, U19 and U21 levels.
 He captained the U21 side, scoring three goals in 20 appearances.
 Noble is the longest serving player in West Ham's current squad, having been in the first team since 2004.
 He is West Ham's first-choice taker for penalty kicks and has won the club's Hammer of the Year trophy twice.
Frederick David "Freddie" Sears (born 27 November 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ipswich Town.
 He started his career with his local club West Ham United at the age of eleven, progressing through the West Ham United Academy.
 He made a scoring first-team debut in March 2008 when he netted the winner against Blackburn Rovers after coming on as a second-half substitute.
 Sears made over 50 first-team appearances for West Ham, but never held down a regular starting position.
Daniel 'Danny' Williamson (born 5 December 1973 in West Ham, London) is an English retired professional footballer who was a product of the West Ham United academy and played for West Ham United and Everton in the 1990s.
 He played in midfield.
Slaven Bilić (; born 11 September 1968) is a retired Croatian professional footballer and current manager of Premier League club West Ham United.
West Ham United F.C. Under-23s, formerly West Ham United F.C. Under-21s is the most senior of West Ham United's youth teams.
 The Under-23 team is effectively West Ham United's second-string side, but is limited to three outfield players and one goalkeeper over the age of 23 per game following the introduction of new regulations from the 2012–13 season.
 They play in Premier League 2 and also compete in the Checkatrade Trophy.
Gary Strodder (born 1 April 1965 in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire) was a centre half who played for West Ham United for four seasons, making 71 starts in total with a further eight appearances as substitute.
 His two goals were both scored against South Coast opposition, Portsmouth and Bournemouth.
 He joined in March 1987 from Lincoln City.
 Gary is probably best remembered by West Ham fans for being a member of the team hammered 6-0 in the League Cup Semi Final first leg at Oldham Athletic.
 This proved to be his penultimate game in the famous Claret and Blue shirt.
 In addition to West Ham, Gary also played for Notts County, Rotherham United, West Bromwich Albion, Hartlepool United and Lincoln City.
 His greatest moment probably came in helping West Brom to promotion via the playoff final at Wembley Stadium in a team managed by Argentinian and Tottenham Hotspur legend Ossie Ardiles (1993).
 In May 1985 he was to witness a nightmare when 56 spectators were killed in a horrendous stand fire while playing for Lincoln against Bradford City.
The World Cup Sculpture, or simply The Champions, is a bronze statue of the 1966 World Cup Final located near West Ham United Football Club's Boleyn Ground (Upton Park) stadium in the London Borough of Newham, England.
 It depicts a famous victory scene photographed after the final, held at the old Wembley Stadium in London, featuring Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters and Ray Wilson.
 It was the first and only time England had won the World Cup, and England captain Moore is pictured held shoulder high, holding the Jules Rimet Trophy aloft.
 Jointly commissioned by Newham Council and West Ham United, it stands at the junction of Barking Road and Green Street, near the Boleyn Ground.
 It commemorates West Ham's contribution to the victory, with Moore, Hurst and Peters having all been West Ham players at the time of the 1966 World Cup.
 Sculpted by the Royal Sculptor Philip Jackson, it was unveiled in 2003 by Prince Andrew, president of the Football Association.
 Jackson went on to also sculpt the statue of Bobby Moore unveiled at the new Wembley when it opened in 2007.
Darijo Srna (] ; born 1 May 1982) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays for Shakhtar Donetsk, which he captains.
 He also captained the Croatia national team from 2009 to 2016.
 He can play all across the right wing and is known for his crossing and free kick ability.
 He began his career at Hajduk Split, before moving to Shakhtar in 2003.
 He has won numerous trophies during his time at Shakhtar, including a UEFA Cup title in 2009, seven Ukrainian Premier League titles, five Ukrainian Cup titles and five Ukrainian Super Cup titles.
 Srna made his international debut for Croatia in November 2002.
 In 2009, then manager Slaven Bilić made him the captain of the national team, a position he would hold until retirement from international football in 2016.

Question: Which former player has managed West Ham United and the Croatia national team?
Answer: Slaven Bilić