Branko "Stane" Stanković ( sr-Cyrl, Бранко "Стане" Станковић, ; 31 October 1921 – 20 February 2002) was a Bosnian Serb

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and

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, from Sarajevo.

Playing career

Club

He started his career in SK Slavija Sarajevo, as a youth player in 1936. In 1941 he escaped from Sarajevo and joined Yugoslav pre-war most successful club,

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and played in the Serbian League during the war. In 1946 he came to Red Star Belgrade, where he established himself as one of the best defenders in the Yugoslav First League. Stanković played 195 games, with 14 scored goals.

International

Stanković mainly played for Red Star Belgrade and was capped 61 times for Yugoslavia. He participated at two World Cups and won a silver medal at each of the

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. His final international was a November 1956 friendly match away against England. Stanković is one of the most elegant defense players of his time. Because of his playing style, he earned his nickname Ambassador. Players such as

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, Milovan Đorić,

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used to copy his playing style. He was strong, fast and very brave player, also a good header. He retired in 1958 before his 37th birthday.

Managerial career

Stanković started his managerial career in Sarajevo in 1960, as manager of Željezničar. Later, he managed Red Star Belgrade and reached the

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with them. Beside Red Star, he also managed a number of teams in different countries, such as Fenerbahçe and

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in Turkey, Porto in Portugal, AEK Athens, Aris Thessaloniki and PAOK in Greece. He also coached Željezničar Sarajevo, Olimpija Ljubljana and FK Vojvodina in the spells. During 1966, he was also co-manager of the Yugoslavia national team along with Aleksandar Tirnanić,

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, Rajko Mitić and Vujadin Boškov. He is also famous because of his incident with one of the most popular Yugoslav players during that time, Dragan Stojković. Stanković retired from managing in 1989.

Personal life

He had a degree in Physical education. He was married and had two sons, Dragan and Ratko.

Honours

Player

BSK Beograd * Serbian Football League: 1942–43, 1943–44 Red Star Belgrade * Yugoslav First League:

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, 1952–53, 1955–56, 1955–57 * Yugoslav Cup:

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis ...

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...

Manager

Vojvodina * Yugoslav First League: 1965–66 AEK Athens * Alpha Ethniki: 1970–71 Red Star Belgrade * Yugoslav First League: 1979–80, 1980–81 Fenerbahçe * Süper Lig: 1982–83 * Turkish Cup: 1982–83 Beşiktaş * Süper Lig: 1985–86

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