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Slobodan Branković (footballer)

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Slobodan Branković
Personal information
Full name Slobodan Branković
Date of birth (1963-12-09) 9 December 1963 (age 60)
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

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Beginnings

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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

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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

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  1. ^ Vladan Slavković, Tempo (1992-05-06). "Issue #1367, pg. 6" (in Serbo-Croatian).
  2. ^ Vladan Slavković, Tempo (1992-05-06). "Issue #1367, pg. 7" (in Serbo-Croatian).
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