Branko Brnović

Branko Brnović
Brnović during a match with Montenegro in 2014
Personal information
Full name Branko Brnović
Date of birth (1967-08-08) 8 August 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Titograd, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1991 Budućnost 100 (13)
1991–1994 Partizan 88 (11)
1994–2000 Espanyol 146 (3)
2006–2007 Kom 15 (2)
Total 349 (29)
International career
1987 Yugoslavia U20 5 (0)
1989–1998 FR Yugoslavia[note 1] 27 (3)
Managerial career
2007–2011 Montenegro (assistant)
2011–2015 Montenegro
2018–2019 Budućnost
Medal record
Representing  Yugoslavia
Gold medal – first place FIFA U-20 World Cup 1987
Silver medal – second place UEFA U-21 Euro 1990
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Branko Brnović (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранко Брновић; born 8 August 1967) is a Montenegrin manager and retired professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

After making his professional debuts with local club Budućnost, Brnović signed with national giants Partizan in 1991, helping the latter club to back-to-back national championships, with the addition of two cups. In the 1992–93 season, as it won the league and lost the domestic cup to city rivals Red Star, he scored a career-best six goals (the team netted 103).[2]

In 1994, Brnović moved abroad and joined RCD Espanyol in La Liga – then known as Español. A starter in four of his six seasons in Spain, he left after a poor individual campaign (only one game in the league), which ended with conquest of the Copa del Rey.[3]

Brnović came out of retirement in 2006 to play one season for Montenegrin club Kom.

International career

Brnović represented Yugoslavia on 27 occasions, his debut coming on 20 September 1989 in a 3–0 friendly win with Greece in Novi Sad. He also appeared during the UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying stage as the nation made it all the way to Sweden. He was included in the final tournament,[4] but the team would be suspended due to the Yugoslav Wars.

Subsequently, Brnović was selected for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France and appeared in three games in an eventual round-of-16 exit. Additionally, he was a member of the talented Yugoslav under-20 team that won the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile, playing five matches in the tournament.[5]

On 5 March 2007, Brnović was appointed assistant manager of Montenegro.[6] On 8 September 2011, he became head coach after Zlatko Kranjčar was sacked, leading the side to the Euro 2012 playoffs, where they lost 0–3 on aggregate to the Czech Republic.[7]

On 17 December 2015, it was announced that Brnović's contract, due to expire at the end of the year, would not be renewed.[8]

Coaching statistics

As of 28 October 2019
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Montenegro 8 September 2011 17 December 2015 33 11 10 12 033.33
Budućnost 7 October 2018 28 October 2019 37 20 10 7 054.05
Total 70 31 20 19 044.29

Notes

  1. ^ Including 6 caps for SFR Yugoslavia.[1]

References

  1. ^ Branko Brnović at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
  2. ^ "Yugoslavia 1992/93". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Branko BRNOVIC" (in Spanish). Hall of Fame Perico. 23 April 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Pancev también renuncia a la Eurocopa". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 25 May 1992. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  5. ^ Branko Brnović – FIFA competition record (archived)
  6. ^ Brnović joins Montenegro staff; UEFA.com, 5 March 2007
  7. ^ "Czech cheer as Jiráček ends Montenegro bid". UEFA.com. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Montenegro releasing coach Brnović". UEFA.com. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
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