Marijan Brnčić (born 23 July 1940, in Tribalj, near Crikvenica,

Kingdom of Yugoslavia The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast Europe, Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 unt ...

) is a former Croatian

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player.

Club career

He played as a centre back and central defensive midfielder but he was mostly deployed at left back. With

Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo ...

he won

1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup The ninth Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1966–67 season. The competition was won by Dinamo Zagreb over two legs in the final against Leeds United. For the first time in the history of the cup, replays were scrapped, with sides going ...

. Brnčić was hailed as a player that could be put in any position in defense.

International career

Brnčić made his debut for

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

in a September 1962

friendly match An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, a scrimmage, a demonstration, a preseason game, a warmup match, or a preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the player's or ...

against

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

, 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

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Club statistics

Managerial statistics

Club

National teams

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

Honours

Player

;Dinamo Zagreb *

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, ...

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, sometimes referred to as the European Fairs Cup, Fairs Cities' Cup, or simply as the Fairs Cup, was a European Association football, football competition played between 1955 and 1971. It is often considered the predecess ...

: 1966-67 ;Kortrijk *

Belgian Second Division play-offs The Belgian Second Division play-offs were a series of playoff matches to decide promotion to the Belgian Pro League, organised between 1974 and 2015. Following a large reform of the Belgian football league system at the end of the 2015–16 seaso ...

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

Manager

;NK Rijeka *

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

;Croatia *

Futsal Mundialito The Futsal Mundialito is an international futsal competition of the same kind of the FIFA Futsal World Cup but with invited nations similar to the Grand Prix de Futsal. It was first held in 1994. Results Medal count Participating nations ;Legen ...

silver medal: 1994

References

External links

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Profile on Serbian federation official site

Croatian Olympic Committee
* 1940 births Living people People from Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Association football defenders Yugoslav footballers Yugoslavia international footballers Olympic footballers of Yugoslavia Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics HNK Rijeka players NK Trešnjevka players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players K.S.V. Waregem players K.V. Kortrijk players Yugoslav First League players Belgian Pro League players Belgian First Division B players Yugoslav expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Belgium Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Yugoslav football managers Croatian football managers HNK Rijeka managers NK Zagreb managers K.V. Kortrijk managers HNK Orijent managers Tunisia national football team managers Yugoslav expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Belgium Expatriate football managers in Tunisia Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia HNK Rijeka non-playing staff {{Croatia-footy-defender-stub