Slobodan Branković (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Slobodan Branković | ||
Date of birth | 9 December 1963 | ||
Place of birth | Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1978–1985 | Partizan | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1985 | Rad | ||
1986-1987 | First Vienna | 16 | (2) |
1988-1989 | VSE St. Pölten | 32 | (8) |
1989-1991 | Vorwärts Steyr | 52 | (13) |
1991-1992 | VSE St. Pölten | 21 | (7) |
1992 | First Vienna | ||
1992-1993 | VfB Mödling | 19 | (5) |
1993-1994 | Kremser SC | ||
1994 | SC Fürstenfeld | ||
1995 | Austria Amateure | ||
1995-1996 | LAC Inter | ||
1996-1998 | SV Wallern | ||
1998-2000 | LAC Inter | ||
2000-2001 | ASV Spratzern | ||
2002 | LAC Inter | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Slobodan Branković (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Бранковић; born 9 December 1963) is a Serbian retired footballer.
Football career
[edit]Beginnings
[edit]Branković, born in the Banovo Brdo neighborhood of Belgrade, began his footballing career with Partizan's youth academy in 1978 where he played alongside the late Čava Dimitrijević and former Partizan head coach Vladimir Vermezović. Here he got the nickname of Kengur, the Serbian language word for kangaroo. He remained in Partizan's youth academy until 1985 when he signed with FK Rad who was then in the Yugoslav Second League. Upon signing for Rad however, he was immediately released by Milan Živadinović.[1]
Austria
[edit]After his departure from Rad, Branković did not play anywhere for two months until he arrived in Austria for a try-out with First Vienna FC. The try-out was arranged by well-known Serbian sports commentator Vladanko Stojaković.[2] First Vienna had just signed Argentinian great Mario Kempes. Branković was signed (this being his first professional contract with a fully professional club) and formed a formidable tandem with Kempes. Branković even earned the nickname of the Serbian Mario Kempes due to their similar playing style and similar physique.
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Slobodan Branković at WorldFootball.net
- Slobodan Branković at ÖFB (in German)
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Belgrade
- Men's association football forwards
- Yugoslav men's footballers
- Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers
- First Vienna FC players
- SKN St. Pölten players
- SK Vorwärts Steyr players
- Admira Wacker players
- Kremser SC players
- SV Wallern players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
- Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers
- Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Serbian football forward stubs