2001 Yellow Shirt Award (Best Prva HNL Player of the Season, awarded by the Sportske novosti sports daily)
Bilić was voted Croatian Sportsman of the Year in 1966 by the Croatian sports daily Sportske novosti.
For his performances in the 2008–09 youth season (Kadeti), he was declared player of the year by Sportske novosti.
After retiring from football he worked as a football referee, sports journalist for Sportske novosti and correspondent for Politika, and a football official.