Branko Brnović

Branko Brnović

Brnović during a match with Montenegro in 2014
Personal information
Full name Branislav Brnović
Date of birth (1967-08-08) 8 August 1967
Place of birth Titograd, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1987–1991 Budućnost 100 (13)
1991–1994 Partizan 88 (11)
1994–2000 Español 146 (3)
2006–2007 Kom 15 (2)
Total 349 (29)
National team
1989–1998 Yugoslavia 27 (3)
Teams managed
2007–2011 Montenegro (assistant)
2011–2015 Montenegro

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Branislav "Branko" Brnović (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранко Брновић; born 8 August 1967 in Titograd, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) is a retired Montenegrin professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and the current manager of the Montenegro national team.

Club career

After making his professional debuts with local FK Budućnost Podgorica, Brnović signed with national giants FK Partizan in 1991, helping the Belgrade club to back-to-back national championships, with the addition of two cups. In the 1992–93 season, as the team won the league and lost the domestic cup to city rivals Red Star, he scored a career-best six goals (the team netted 103).[1]

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 Catalonia, he left the club after a poor individual campaign (only one game in the league), which ended with conquest of the Copa del Rey.[2]

Brnović returned to active aged nearly 40, playing one season with FK Kom in his native town, now renamed Podgorica after the Montenegro independence.

International career

Brnović represented Yugoslavia on six 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 national team made it all the way to Sweden, only to be suspended due to the Yugoslav Wars.

Subsequently, Brnović represented the newly formed Serbia and Montenegro, being selected for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France and appearing 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.[3]

On 5 March 2007, Brnović was appointed assistant manager in the Montenegrin national team.[4] On 8 September, he became head coach after Zlatko Kranjčar was sacked, leading the side to the Euro 2012 playoffs, where it lost 0–3 on aggregate to the Czech Republic. On December 17, 2015, Branko Brnović's contract as Montenegro coach will not be renewed when it expires at the end of 2015. Following executive committee discussions over the 48-year-old's future, the Football Association of Montenegro (FSCG) thanked Brnović for his "professional work, dedication and results" and wished him "every success in his future career". In charge of the national team since he stepped up to replace Zlatko Kranjčar in October 2011, Brnović notably led Montenegro to the UEFA EURO 2012 play-offs, where they lost out to the Czech Republic. Montenegro are not expected to appoint a new coach until 2016.

On 17 December 2015, Montenegro FA said they would not renewed his contact and he would leave at the end of the year. [5]

Managerial stats

As of 12 October 2015
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Montenegro Montenegro 8 September 2011 17 December 2015 33 11 10 12 33.33

References

  1. ↑ "Yugoslavia 1992/93". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Branko BRNOVIC" (in Spanish). Hall of Fame Perico. 23 April 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Branko Brnović – FIFA competition record
  4. ↑ Brnović joins Montenegro staff; UEFA.com, 5 March 2007
  5. ↑ http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=2319427.html#montenegro+releasing+brnovic

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