Branislav Hrnjiček

Branislav Hrnjiček
Personal information
Full name	Branislav Hrnjiček
Date of birth	5 June 1908
Place of birth	Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia
Date of death	2 July 1964 (aged 56)
Place of death	Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1923–1927	Jugoslavija
Senior career*
Years	Team
1927–1930	Jugoslavija
1930–1932	BASK
1932–1937	Jugoslavija
International career
1929–1930	Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Managerial career
1953-1954	Željezničar Sarajevo
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Branislav Hrnjiček (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранислав Хрњичек; 5 June 1908 – 2 July 1964) was a Serbian football player and manager.

He spent all of his playing career in Belgrade, having played mostly for SK Jugoslavija; the exception being the two seasons he spent playing between 1930 and 1932 with BASK.

He played a total of five matches for the Yugoslavia national football team and scored once. His debut was in a Balkan Cup match on 6 October 1929, against Romania in Bucharest, a 2–1 loss, and his last match was in a friendly against Argentina on 3 August 1930, in Buenos Aires, a 3–1 loss.^[1] His only goal was in a match against Bulgaria in a 6–1 win. He was part of the Yugoslav team in the 1930 FIFA World Cup, but didn't play a single match.^[2]

Post-playing career

After ending his playing career, he worked as a football coach for some period in Israel. He died at 56 years of age, while preparing to continue his coaching career in Germany. His grandson is Boris Hrnjiček.

References

^ "Branislav Hrnjiček, international football player". EU-football.info. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
^ "Život posle Montevidea: „Idemo tata i ja ulicom, a samo se čuje 'Mošo, Mošo, Mošo, Mošo'"". BBC News na srpskom (in Serbian (Latin script)). Retrieved 16 January 2024.

External links

Branislav Hrnjiček at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
Branislav Hrnjiček at National-Football-Teams.com

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[1] "Branislav Hrnjiček, international football player". EU-football.info. Retrieved 10 August 2024.

[2] "Život posle Montevidea: „Idemo tata i ja ulicom, a samo se čuje 'Mošo, Mošo, Mošo, Mošo'"". BBC News na srpskom (in Serbian (Latin script)). Retrieved 16 January 2024.

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