Branko Culina
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1 October 1957 | ||
Place of birth | Zadar, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1972–1974 | St Albans SC | ||
1975–1980 | Essendon Croatia | ||
1980 |
Sydney Croatia | ||
1981 |
Blacktown City Demons | ||
1982–1989 |
St Albans Dinamo | ||
Managerial career | |||
1989 |
St Albans Saints | ||
1990–1992 |
North Geelong Warriors | ||
1992–1993 |
Melbourne Knights | ||
1994 |
Fawkner Blues | ||
1994 |
St Albans Saints | ||
1994–1997 |
Sydney United | ||
1997–1998 |
Canberra Cosmos | ||
1998–2001 |
Sydney Olympic | ||
2001–2003 |
Sydney United | ||
2007 | Sydney FC | ||
2009–2011 | Newcastle Jets | ||
2012–2015 |
Rockdale City Suns | ||
2016–2017 | Fraser Park | ||
2018 |
Canterbury Bankstown | ||
2019 | St George City | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Branko Culina (Croatian pronunciation: [ˈtʃulina]; born 1 October 1957) is a soccer coach and former player. He previously managed Sydney FC and the Newcastle Jets in the A-League.
Playing career
Culina was born in
In 1980, he joined sister club
Managerial career
After retiring as a player he stayed with St Albans as a coach in the
Sydney United
Culina returned to the NSL at
During this time he was also coach to his teenage son Jason Culina who was breaking into the Sydney United first team. While some accusations of nepotism floated around Branko has said he 'didn't have to do [Jason] any favours because he didn't need any', perhaps evidenced best by Jason's later success as a Socceroo.[2]
After his successful 1996–97 season, he was signed with great promise to take over Sydney Olympic. Over three seasons, he would become Olympic's longest serving coach, narrowly missing out on a finals place in his first year before pushing the team into the finals in both 1999-00 and 2000–01 NSL seasons.
In 2001, he returned to Sydney United, however the club was now less of a force in the national league. Following the demise of the NSL, Culina had been working as
Sydney FC
In 2007, he returned to coaching at
Despite the initial success with his new club, Culina found the
During a Round 7 clash between Sydney FC vs Melbourne Victory, he made controversial remarks about referee Mark Shield, claiming that: "If the police need to escort you, it's not a good sign."[6] "Don't ask me about the referee, I can't afford the fine … however, if the referee needs to be escorted by police after the game, you make your own mind up whether he's had a good game or bad game."[7]
Newcastle United Jets
Culina was named as the manager of
Newcastle made it the
Rockdale City Suns
On 19 October 2012, Branko Culina was appointed the new manager and director of football of
In his first season in charge of the side, Culina lead Rockdale to a 4th placed NSW Premier League finish,
Personal life
Branko and his wife Nada have two sons, former Olyroo Dean Culina and past Socceroo Jason Culina. Branko is a football analyst for SBS and Fox Sports.currently ABC TV Grandstand.
Managerial statistics
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Sydney FC | February 2007 | October 2007 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 31.58 | |
Newcastle Jets | 30 June 2009 | 4 October 2011 | 66 | 23 | 13 | 30 | 34.85 | |
Total | 85 | 29 | 21 | 35 | 34.12 |
Honours
Player
- Melbourne Knights
- Victorian State Championship: 1978, 1979
- Victorian State League Cup: 1979
- Dockerty Cup: 1979
- Personal honours
- St Albans Saints
Manager
- Sydney United
- NSL Championship: 1996–1997
- Waratah Cup: 1995, 1996
- North Geelong Warriors
- Victorian Division 1: 1991 championship winners
- Victorian Premier League: 1992 Premiership, 1992 Championship
+ Sydney fc - Group Stage Runners up -Asian Champions League 2007
+ Newcastle Jets - Semi Finalist 2009
+ Rockdale City + Grand Final 2013 +Pre-Season Cup 2014 + Semi Finalist 2014
- Personal honours
- Victorian Coach of the year 1992
- Sydney United
References
- ^ The World Cup Dream – Jason Culina's family Archived 22 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "No trampoline now, but he's scaled heights". Michael Cockerill. 20 May 2006.
- ^ "Branko is Sydney's man". Fox Sports. 13 February 2007.
- ^ "Culina appointed full-time Sydney FC head coach". 23 April 2007.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Culina Sacked – Fox Sports News". 22 October 2007.
- ^ "Australian A-League – ESPN Soccernet". Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2008.
- ^ http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/melbourne-victory/victory-beat-10-man-sydney-97035/[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Branko Is New Jets Boss". Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Jets change course in hunt for success - Local News - Sport - Football - Soccer - Newcastle Herald". Archived from the original on 29 October 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ^ http://www.newcastlejets.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=41234[permanent dead link]
- ^ "RCS Press Release- Branko Culina". Archived from the original on 25 April 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ^ "Summary – New South Wales NPL – Australia – Results, fixtures, tables and news – Soccerway".
- ^ "Summary – New South Wales NPL – Australia – Results, fixtures, tables and news – Soccerway".