Branislav Hrnjiček

Branislav Hrnjiček

Personal information
Full name	Branislav Hrnjiček
Date of birth	(1908-06-05)5 June 1908
Place of birth	Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia
Date of death	2 July 1964(1964-07-02) (aged 56)
Place of death	Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1923–1927	Jugoslavija
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1927–1930	Jugoslavija
1930–1932	BASK
1932–1937	Jugoslavija
International career
1929–1930	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	5	(1)
Managerial career
1953-1954	Željezničar Sarajevo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Branislav Hrnjiček (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранислав Хрњичек; 5 June 1908 – 2 July 1964) was a Serbian football player and manager.

He spent all of his playing career in Belgrade, having played mostly for SK Jugoslavija; the exception being the two seasons he spent playing between 1930 and 1932 with BASK.

He played a total of five matches for the Yugoslavia national football team and scored once. His debut was in a Balkan Cup match on 6 October 1929, against Romania in Bucharest, a 2–1 loss, and his last match was in a friendly against Argentina on 3 August 1930, in Buenos Aires, a 3–1 loss. His only goal was in a match against Bulgaria in a 6–1 win. He was part of the Yugoslav team in the 1930 FIFA World Cup, but didn't play a single match.

Post-playing career

After ending his playing career, he worked as a football coach for some period in Israel. He died at 56 years of age, while preparing to continue his coaching career in Germany. His grandson is Boris Hrnjiček.

External links

• Branislav Hrnjiček at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
• Branislav Hrnjiček at National-Football-Teams.com