Marijan Brnčić Explained

Marijan Brnčić
Birth Date:1940 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Tribalj near Crikvenica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Height:1.82m
Position:Defender
Youthclubs1:NK Crikvenica
Youthclubs2:NK Kvarner
Years1:1959–1964
Years2:1964–1966
Years3:1966–1969
Years4:1969–1972
Years5:1972–1973
Years6:1973–1976
Clubs1:Rijeka
Clubs2:Trešnjevka
Clubs3:Dinamo Zagreb
Clubs4:Waregem
Clubs5:Dinamo Zagreb
Clubs6:Kortrijk
Caps1:199
Goals1:4
Caps2:55
Goals2:1
Caps3:49
Goals3:3
Caps4:83
Goals4:0
Caps5:11
Goals5:0
Caps6:81
Goals6:0
Totalcaps:478
Totalgoals:8
Nationalyears1:1962–1967
Nationalteam1:Yugoslavia
Nationalcaps1:10
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:1964
Nationalteam2:Yugoslavia Olympic
Nationalcaps2:1
Nationalgoals2:0
Manageryears1:1977–1978
Manageryears2:1979
Manageryears3:1981–1983
Manageryears4:1983–1984
Manageryears5:1985–1986
Manageryears6:1987–1989
Manageryears7:1989–1990
Manageryears8:1994–2001
Manageryears9:2005
Managerclubs1:Kortrijk
Managerclubs2:Rijeka (interim)
Managerclubs3:Rijeka
Managerclubs4:NK Zagreb
Managerclubs5:GOŠK-Jug
Managerclubs6:Orijent
Managerclubs7:Tunisia
Managerclubs8:Croatia Futsal
Managerclubs9:Croatia U21 (caretaker)

Marijan Brnčić (born 23 July 1940) is a former Croatian football player.

Club career

He played as a centre back and central defensive midfielder but he was mostly deployed at left back. With Dinamo Zagreb he won 1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. Brnčić was hailed as a player that could be put in any position in defense.[1]

International career

Brnčić made his debut for Yugoslavia in a September 1962 friendly match against Ethiopia, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute for Vlatko Marković, and earned a total of 10 caps scoring no goals. His final international was an October 1967 European Championship qualification match against West Germany.[2]

He competed for Yugoslavia at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[3]

Club statistics

[4] [5]

Club performanceLeagueCupContinentalTotal
SeasonClubLeagueApps GoalsApps GoalsApps GoalsApps Goals
YugoslaviaLeagueYugoslav CupEuropeTotal
1959–60NK RijekaYugoslav First League19000190
1960–6117110181
1961–6217020200
1962–632201080310
1963–6420010210
1964–65NK Trešnjevka26020260
1965–6629100290
1966–67NK Dinamo Zagreb29240130462
1967–6850001060
1968–6915040190
BelgiumLeagueBelgian CupEuropeTotal
1969–70K.S.V. WaregemBelgian First Division290290
1970–71280280
1971–72260260
YugoslaviaLeagueYugoslav CupEuropeTotal
1972–73NK Dinamo ZagrebYugoslav First League1100020130
BelgiumLeagueBelgian CupEuropeTotal
1973–74K.V. KortrijkBelgian Second Division290290
1974–75250250
1975–76270270
Country Yugoslavia21041502402494
Belgium164000001640
Total37441502404134

Managerial statistics

[6]

Club

ClubFromToCompetitionRecord
PWDLWin %
K.V. Kortrijk17 August 197710 March 1978First Division
Belgian Cup
NK Rijeka Total
NK Rijeka4 April 197917 June 1979First League
Yugoslav Cup
Balkans Cup
NK Rijeka Total
NK Rijeka1 March 198115 May 1983First League
Yugoslav Cup
NK Rijeka Total
GOŠK-Jug11 August 198522 June 1986Second League (West)
GOŠK-Jug Total
NK OrijentAugust, 1987June, 1989Croatian Republic League
Inter-Republic League (West)
NK Orijent Total
Total

National teams

TeamFromToRecord
GWDLWin %
Croatia Futsal14 March 199424 October 2001
Croatia U21 (caretaker)14 December 200514 December 2005
Total

*Dates of first and last games under Brnčić; not dates of official appointments

Honours

Player

Dinamo Zagreb

1969

1966–67

Kortrijk

1976

Manager

NK Rijeka

1979

Croatia

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: KUP VELESAJAMSKIH GRADOVA . /1967.gnkdinamo.hr . 4 December 2018.
  2. Web site: Player Database . 24 June 2022 . EU-football.
  3. Marijan Brnčić . https://web.archive.org/web/20161202235008/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/marijan-brncic-1.html . 2 December 2016.
  4. News: Marijan Brnčić statistics . national-football-teams.com . 12 October 2017.
  5. News: HNK Rijeka . nk-rijeka.hr . 12 October 2017.
  6. News: Statistics . . 20 May 2018.