Dražen Brnčić
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 July 1971 | ||
| Place of birth |
Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tubize-Braine (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989–1991 | HNK Segesta | ||
| 1991–? | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1995 | ACHE | ||
| 1995–1998 |
Charleroi | 74 | (10) |
| 1998–1999 |
Cremonese | 22 | (2) |
| 1999–2000 |
Monza | 37 | (9) |
| 2000–2001 |
Milan | 1 | (0) |
| 2001 |
→ Vicenza (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | Internazionale | 0 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 |
→ Ancona (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 |
→ Venezia (loan) | 28 | (1) |
| 2003–2007 | MVV | 100 | (21) |
| 2007–2009 | Visé | ||
| 2009–2010 | Seraing | ||
| Total | 268 | (43) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2012-2014 | Verviers | ||
| 2014-2015 | Union St-Gilloise | ||
| 2015 | Patro Eisden Maasmechelen | ||
| 2016 | Seraing | ||
| 2016-2019 | RWDM | ||
| 2020-2022 | RFC Liège | ||
| 2023- | Tubize-Braine | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Dražen Brnčić (born 17 July 1971) is a Croatian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He also holds Belgian citizenship. He has been manager of Tubize-Braine since November 2023.
Playing career
Brnčić started his youth career in SR Croatia but left for Belgium after Croatia declared its independence.
He joined a local side ACHE (Hemptinne-Eghezée) for a year before transferring to
In the 2000–01 season he joined
Before the start of the following season, he was signed by
In June 2003, he was released by Inter and went on trial at
.In 2007, he joined Belgian Third Division team Visé, where he played as a defender and scored 4 goals.
Managerial career
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In 2012, he became the trainer of RSC Verviers (Belgium third division) for 4 month to maintain club in third division.
In the 2013–14 season with RSC Vervier, he finished in second place. Because of the club did not receive the division 2 license, the team could not play the final round to be promoted in second division.
In the 2014–15 season, he was the trainer of Union St-Gilloise (Belgium third division). He did fantastic work and his team was promoted to the second division.
For the 2015 season, he was the trainer of Patro Maasmechelen (Belgium second division). He decided to stop after 4 months because the club had no ambition.
Now, he is the trainer of Seraing United (Belgium second division). This club has more ambitions and wants to go to the Belgium first division.
Since November 2016 he will take the lead of the fresh reborn RWDM the traditional football club of Molenbeek. The club has a lot of ambition and matches. Under Brnčić leadership the club clinches (easily) two titles a row (2017 and 2018) for climbing from level 5 to level 3 of Belgian football, and knocking on the door of Belgian professional football.
In November 2023, Brnčić took charge of RUTB.[6]
Personal life
Brnčić married a Belgian woman and received Belgian nationality.
References
- ^ "Cremonese: male Vidalle, in prova il croato Brncic" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 30 July 1998. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
- ^ http://www.forzamilan.com/sep2000.htm
- ^ http://www.forzamilan.com/nov2000.htm
- ^ "Lecce, due novità in attacco" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 9 July 2001. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
- ^ "Atlético get papal blessing". UEFA. 19 November 2003. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
- ^ "Drazen Brncic, our new coach". RUTB. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- "Drazen Brncic – Ebauche de Curriculum Vitae" (in French). CS Visé. 7 June 2007. Archived from the original on 23 June 2007. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
External links
- Dražen Brnčić at Voetbal International (in Dutch)
- Profile at Visé (in French)
- Profile at Seraing (in French)
- Dražen Brnčić at FBref.com
- Dražen Brnčić at WorldFootball.net
