Branko Jelić ( sr-Cyrl, Бранко Јелић, ; born 5 May 1977) is a

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n former professional

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who played as a striker.

Biography

Club career

Jelić was born in

Čačak Čačak ( sr-Cyrl, Чачак, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Moravica District in central Serbia. It is located in the West Morava Valley within the geographical region of Šumadija. , the city proper has 73,331 inhabitants, wh ...

. He started his playing career with

Borac Čačak Borac may refer to: * FK Borac Banja Luka, a football club from Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina ** RK Borac Banja Luka, an affiliated team handball club ** OK Borac, an affiliated volleyball club * FK Borac Čačak, a football club from Čač ...

before joining Serbian

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Be ...

and then

FK Vojvodina Fudbalski klub Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Војводина), commonly known as Vojvodina and colloquially as Voša ( sr-Cyrl, Воша), is a Serbian professional football club based in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, the second ...

. He won the Golden Boot Award after scoring 21 goals in the 2005

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season for Beijing Guoan. Branko Jelić scored twice in a 2–0 win for FC Energie Cottbus against

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on 15 March 2008. At national team level, Jelic played for FR Yugoslavia U21 in 1999.Branko Jelic
at 11v11.com Jelić joined Australian

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side

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for the 2009/10 season. He signed in May 2010 following the mutual termination of his contract with his

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club, agreeing a three-year contract with Jelić. In June 2011, he was released from the final year of his contract having played 33 times for the Glory.

A-League career statistics

Honours

Individual * Chinese Super League Top Scorer: 2004–2005 with Beijing Guoan – 21 goals

References

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