Branislav Hrnjiček (

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: Бранислав Хрњичек; 5 June 1908 – 2 July 1964) was a

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n football player and manager. He spent all of his playing career in Belgrade, having played mostly for

SK Jugoslavija Sportski klub Jugoslavija ( en, Sport Club Yugoslavia), commonly known as SK Jugoslavija (Serbian Cyrillic: Cпортски клуб Југославија) was a Serbian football club from Belgrade. It was originally formed as SK Velika Srbija ...

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

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. He played a total of five matches for the Yugoslavia national football team and scored once. His debut was in a

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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, but didn't play a single match. 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 Hrnjicek.

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