Slobodan Branković (footballer)

Slobodan Branković
Personal information
Full name	Slobodan Branković
Date of birth	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
1985	Rad
1986-1987	First Vienna
1988-1989	VSE St. Pölten
1989-1991	Vorwärts Steyr
1991-1992	VSE St. Pölten
1992	First Vienna
1992-1993	VfB Mödling
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]

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

External links[edit]

Slobodan Branković at FootballDatabase.eu
Slobodan Branković at WorldFootball.net
Slobodan Branković at ÖFB (in German)

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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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