Branko Stanković

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Branko Stanković
Personal information
Date of birth (1921-10-31)31 October 1921
Place of birth
Kingdom of SCS
Date of death 20 February 2002(2002-02-20) (aged 80)
Place of death
FR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
1936–1939 Slavija Sarajevo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1939–1941 Slavija Sarajevo
1941–1945 BSK Beograd
1946–1958 Red Star Belgrade 195 (14)
Total 196 (14)
International career
1945 Serbia 1 (0)
1946–1956 Yugoslavia 61 (3)
Managerial career
1960 Željezničar
1963–1964 Olimpija Ljubljana
1964–1967 Vojvodina
1966 Yugoslavia (co-coach)
1968–1973 AEK Athens
1973–1975 Aris
1975–1976 Porto
1976–1977 PAOK
1977–1978 Vojvodina
1978–1982 Red Star Belgrade
1982–1984 Fenerbahçe
1984–1986 Beşiktaş
1986–1987 Fenerbahçe
1988 Red Star Belgrade
1989 Karşıyaka
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1948 London Team
Silver medal – second place 1952 Helsinki Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Branko "Stane" Stanković (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранко "Стане" Станковић, pronounced [brâːŋko stǎːŋkoʋitɕ]; 31 October 1921 – 20 February 2002) was a Bosnian Serb footballer and manager, from Sarajevo.

Playing career

Club

He started his career in SK Slavija Sarajevo, as a youth player in 1936. In 1941 he escaped from Sarajevo and joined Yugoslav pre-war most successful club, BSK Belgrade and played in the Serbian League during the war. In 1946 he came to Red Star Belgrade, where he established himself as one of the best defenders in the Yugoslav First League. Stanković played 195 games, with 14 scored goals.

International

Stanković mainly played for

friendly match away against England.[4]

Stanković is one of the most elegant defense players of his time. Because of his playing style, he earned his nickname Ambassador. Players such as Bruno Belin, Milovan Đorić, Fahrudin Jusufi, Petar Krivokuća used to copy his playing style. He was strong, fast and very brave player, also a good header.

He retired in 1958 before his 37th birthday.

Managerial career

Stanković started his managerial career in Sarajevo in 1960, as manager of

1979 UEFA Cup Final with them. Beside Red Star, he also managed a number of teams in different countries, such as Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş in Turkey, Porto in Portugal, AEK Athens, Aris and PAOK in Greece. He also coached Željezničar Sarajevo, Olimpija Ljubljana and FK Vojvodina in the spells. During 1966, he was also co-manager of the Yugoslavia national team along with Aleksandar Tirnanić, Miljan Miljanić, Rajko Mitić and Vujadin Boškov
.

He is also famous because of his incident with one of the most popular Yugoslav players during that time, Dragan Stojković. Stanković retired from coaching in 1989.

Personal life

He had a degree in Physical education. He was married and had two sons, Dragan and Ratko.

Honours

Player

BSK Beograd

Red Star Belgrade

Manager

Vojvodina

AEK Athens

Red Star Belgrade

Fenerbahçe

Beşiktaş

References

  1. ^ Branislav "Branko" Stankovic - International Appearances - RSSSF
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Branko Stanković". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  3. ^ "Branko Stanković". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2021-05-22.

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