Branimir Subašić
![]() With Azerbaijan in 2012 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Branimir Subašić | ||
Date of birth | 7 April 1982 | ||
Place of birth |
SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Železnik | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–2002 | Železnik | 10 | (0) |
2002 | → Sremčica (loan) | 6 | (2) |
2002–2003 | Oostende | 14 | (3) |
2003 |
Stade Beaucairois | 4 | (1) |
2003–2005 | Chornomorets Odesa | 7 | (1) |
2005 | → Amkar Perm (loan) | 6 | (1) |
2005–2008 | Neftçi | 65 | (31) |
2008–2010 | Red Star Belgrade | 11 | (3) |
2009 | → Changchun Yatai (loan) | 24 | (3) |
2010–2011 |
Gabala | 19 | (2) |
2011–2013 | Khazar Lankaran | 43 | (9) |
2013 | Qarabağ | 7 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Orduspor | 34 | (8) |
2014–2015 | Manisaspor | 30 | (3) |
2015–2017 | OFK Beograd | 19 | (1) |
2021–2022 | KFK Ravna Gora | 8 | (4) |
Total | 307 | (72) | |
International career | |||
2007–2013 | Azerbaijan | 40 | (7) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Branimir Subašić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранимир Субашић, Azerbaijani: Branimir Subaşiç; born 7 April 1982) is a retired footballer who played as a striker. Born in Serbia, he represented Azerbaijan at international level.
During his 18-year professional career, Subasic played for 15 clubs in 8 countries, mostly in Azerbaijan, Serbia and Turkey. Subasic played for the Azerbaijan national football team between 2007 and 2013, scoring 7 goals in 40 games. This makes him the fourth-highest-scoring player in the history of the national team.
Club career
First years (1998–2005)
Subašić started his youth career in 1997 in
Neftçi (2005–2008)
In the summer of 2005 Subašić moved to
In the next 3 years playing in Neftçi Subašić won the CIS Cup in 2006, won a silver medal in Azerbaijan Premier League in 2006–07 and a bronze medal in seasons 2005–06 and 2007–08. Overall, he had 65 matches and 31 goals. Also in 2007 he got Azerbaijan citizenship and started to play for the Azerbaijan national football team.
Red Star Belgrade (2008–2010)
In the summer of 2008, Subašić was transferred back to his native Serbia joining Belgrade club Red Star Belgrade. He played in 2008 in 11 games scoring 3 goals. In March 2009 Subašić moved to Chinese club Changchun Yatai on loan. In the Chinese Super League Subašić scored 3 goals in 24 games. Changchun Yatai took the silver medals in the 2009 Chinese Super League. After that he returned to Red Star Belgrade and ended the season in Serbia.
Return to Azerbaijan (2010–2013)
Subašić left Red Star Belgrade in May 2010 and moved to
After leaving Gabala, Subašić moved to
On 31 December 2012 Subašić's contract with Khazar Lankaran expired. On 11 January 2013, it was announced that Subašić was not going to get a new contract offer.[1] Subašić left Khazar Lankaran with 14 goals scored in 51 caps.
Later on 21 January 2013 Subašić moved to Qarabağ until the end of the 2012–13 season. Subašić played only 8 matches because of a 2 month long injury. Qarabağ took second place in the 2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League season and Bane left the team after the end of season.
Turkey career (2013–2015)
In June Subašić signed a 2-year deal with Turkish club Orduspor, playing in the TFF First League. He played in Orduspor with shirt number 20 for the 2013–14 season. Subašić debuted for Orduspor in the 1st week of the championship in a match against Adanaspor and played 90 minutes also in the 2nd match. He scored his first goal on 15 September in a match against Karşıyaka in the 3rd week; Orduspor won that match and it was the only goal in the game. Subašić became one of the main players of Orduspor and played in the centre forward position in the starting squad in almost all of the games. In the 2013–14 season Subašić made 30 appearances in PTT 1.Lig in which he scored 8 goals. In total he played 34 games in the season and scored 9 goals, thus became the 3rd most scoring player of the team. Orduspor took the 3rd place in PTT 1.Lig in 2013–14 season, however Orduspor lost its play-off matches and could not advance to Turkish Super League.
In July 2014, Subašić determined his contract with Orduspor and transferred to another Turkish club, Manisaspor. He played for Manisaspor in the PTT league in the 2014–15 season.
International career
In 2007 during his time with Neftçi he gained citizenship and became a member of the Azerbaijan national football team after many Serbian coaches told him his chances of making the Serbian team were slim. He started his international career for Azerbaijan in March 2007 during Alma TV Cup. He scored his first international goal at his opening game with Uzbekistan. Until June 29, 2009, when he retired from international career he played 26 games for Azerbaijan and scored 6 goals becoming second most scoring player in Azerbaijan national football team after Gurban Gurbanov.[2] In 2011 he returned to the Azerbaijan national football team.
International goals
- Scores and results list Azerbaijan's goal tally first.[3]
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | March 7, 2007 | Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium, Shymkent , Kazakhstan |
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1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly
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2. | June 2, 2007 | Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–3 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
3. | August 22, 2007 | Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan | ![]() |
2–3 | 2–3 | Friendly |
4. | September 12, 2007 | Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
5. | June 4, 2008 | Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella, Andorra la Vella, Andorra | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
6. | November 19, 2008 | Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
7. | August 15, 2012 | Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan | ![]() |
1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Železnik | 2001–02 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
Chornomorets Odesa | 2003–04 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||
Amkar Perm (loan) | 2005 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||
Neftçi | 2005–06 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 0 | — | 26 | 11 | |||
2006–07 | 16 | 6 | — | — | 16 | 6 | |||||
2007–08 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 1 | — | 27 | 15 | ||||
Red Star Belgrade | 2008–09 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 14 | 4 | |
2009–10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2010–11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Changchun Yatai (loan) | 2009 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 3 | ||
Gabala
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2010–11 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 2 | ||
Khazar Lankaran | 2011–12 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 30 | 7 | |
2012–13 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | — | 21 | 7 | ||
Qarabağ | 2012–13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
Orduspor | 2013–14 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 34 | 8 | |
Manisaspor | 2014–15 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 2 | — | — | 38 | 5 | ||
OFK Beograd | 2015–16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 1 | ||
2016–17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Career total | 264 | 62 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 299 | 71 |
International
Azerbaijan national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2007 | 13 | 4 |
2008 | 9 | 2 |
2009 | 4 | 0 |
2010 | 0 | 0 |
2011 | 4 | 0 |
2012 | 8 | 1 |
2013 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 40 | 7 |
Honours
Neftçi
Red Star Belgrade
Individual
- Azerbaijani Footballer of the Year runner-up: 2007, 2008, 2012
- Azerbaijan Premier League best striker: 2007
References
- ^ Branimir Subasic left Khazar Lankran
- ^ Субашич завершил международную карьеру Archived 2009-07-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ a b Branimir Subašić at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Branimir Subašić at FootballDatabase.eu
External links
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Branimir Subašić at Soccerway
- Branimir Subašić at National-Football-Teams.com
- Branimir Subašić at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
- Branimir Subašić at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)