Branislav Hrnjiček (5 June 1908 – 2 July 1964) was a Serbia

Serbia

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n football player and manager.

All of his playing career he spend in Belgrade

Belgrade

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

, having played mostly for SK Jugoslavija

SK Jugoslavija

Sportski klub Jugoslavija, commonly known as SK Jugoslavija was a Serbian football club from Belgrade. It was originally formed as SK Velika Srbija in 1913 and changed its name to SK Jugoslavija in 1919.-History:...

 being the exception the two seasons he spent playing between 1930 and 1932 with BSK Belgrade

OFK Beograd

Omladinski fudbalski klub Beograd, commonly referred to as OFK Beograd , is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia, more precisely from the Karaburma urban neighborhood. It currently is the oldest team playing in the Serbian SuperLiga. The name means "Youth Football Club Belgrade" in Serbian...

.

He played a total of five matches for the Yugoslavia national football team

Yugoslavia national football team

The Yugoslavia national football team represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in association football. It enjoyed a modicum of success in international competition. In 1992, during the Yugoslav wars, the team was suspended from international...

 having scored once. His debut was in a Balkan Cup

Balkan Cup

The Balkan Cup was an international football tournament played on and off between 1929 and 1980 between countries from the Balkan region. The first tournament was played between Romania, Greece, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria over 3 years from 1929 to 1931....

 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. 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

1930 FIFA World Cup

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, but didn't play a single match.

After ending his playing career, he worked as a football coach for some period in Israel. He unexpectedly died with only 56 years of age, while preparing to continue his coaching career in Germany.

External sources

• Profile at Serbian Federation site.