Dragoljub Brnović (

Cyrillic , bg, кирилица , mk, кирилица , russian: кириллица , sr, ћирилица, uk, кирилиця , fam1 = Egyptian hieroglyphs , fam2 = Proto-Sinaitic , fam3 = Phoenician , fam4 = G ...

: Драгољуб Брновић; born 2 November 1963) is a Yugoslav and Montenegrin retired

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

Club career

In his country, Brnović played for

OFK Titograd OFK Titograd (Montenegrin Cyrillic: ОФК Титоград) is a professional football club based in Podgorica, Montenegro. Founded in 1951, they play in the Third League of Montenegro. The team has one league trophy and two Montenegrin Cup tro ...

, Budućnost Titograd, and

Partizan Partizan may refer to: Sport * JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs: **AK Partizan, athletics ** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling ** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo **FK Partizan, association fo ...

, winning the

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...

with the ''Crno-beli'' in the 1988–89 season. He subsequently moved to France and joined

Metz Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand E ...

. Before retiring from the game, Brnović also played professionally in Sweden and Luxembourg.

International career

Internationally, Brnović earned 25 caps for Yugoslavia at full level, from 1987 to 1990, scoring once. He was a member of the national team at the

1990 FIFA World Cup The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second time (the first being Me ...

In addition, Brnović represented

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

Personal life

His younger brother,

Branko Branko (Cyrillic script: Бранко; ) is a South Slavic male given name found in all of the former Yugoslavia. It is related to the names Branimir and Branislav, and the female equivalent is Branka. People named Branko include: * Branko Babić ...

, also represented Yugoslavia internationally. They played together for their hometown club Budućnost Titograd in the 1987–88 season.

Honours

;Partizan *

: 1988–89

References

External links

Metz profile
* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brnovic, Dragoljub 1963 births Living people Footballers from Podgorica Association football midfielders Yugoslav footballers Yugoslavia international footballers Yugoslavia under-21 international footballers Olympic footballers of Yugoslavia Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics 1990 FIFA World Cup players OFK Titograd players FK Budućnost Podgorica players FK Partizan players FC Metz players Örgryte IS players FC Aris Bonnevoie players Yugoslav Second League players Yugoslav First League players Ligue 1 players Allsvenskan players Luxembourg National Division players Yugoslav expatriate footballers Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in Sweden Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate footballers in Luxembourg