He later coached Lustenau 07 from March to December 2009,5 as well as WAC St. Andrä from May 2010 to June 2013. Bjelica moved to Austria Vienna on June 17, 2013 as their new coach6 and qualified the team for the 2013-14 UEFA Champions League group stage after defeating Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb in the final qualifying round.7 Bjelica was fired on February 16, 2014.8 As Austria Wien failed to qualify for the UEFA Europa League at the end of the season, his contract expired.
In June 2014, he was hired by Serie B side Spezia.9 On August 30, 2016, he was appointed coach of Polish side Lech Poznań.10 On May 10, 2018, he was released from his contract.
On May 15, 2018, Bjelica signed a two-year contract with Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb, being appointed their coach.12 Four days later, he celebrated winning the league title, while on May 23 he won the Croatian Cup. On November 8, Dinamo managed to qualify for the knockout stage of the 2018-19 UEFA Europa League after defeating Spartak Trnava.13 On September 18, 2019, Bjelica led Dinamo in the club’s inaugural UEFA Champions League match after two seasons, with a 4-0 home win over Atalanta.14 On April 16, 2020, after the club fired the entire coaching staff, it was announced that Dinamo terminated Bjelica’s contract.
In September 2020, after failing to win the first three games of the season, Croatian club Osijek fired their coach, Ivica Kulešević, and appointed Bjelica in his place.
In the 2020-21 season they finished in second place, breaking a number of club records, from the best league result in the club’s history with 77 points to the lowest number of goals conceded, with 23 goals. At the start of the 2022-23 season, after a win against Hajduk Split, Bjelica was released at the end of August.
On April 18, 2023, Bjelica was introduced as the new coach of Trabzonspor of the Turkish Super League.18 On October 8, he was relieved of his duties because of a series of poor results.
