Branko Bošnjak (born 11 October 1955) is a former
Yugoslav international football
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midfielder
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who played in the former
Yugoslavia
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and
Turkey
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.
Club career
Born in
Sarajevo
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,
Bosnia
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, Bošnjak started playing football for local side
FK Sarajevo
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in the
Yugoslav First League
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. He would join fellow First League side
NK Olimpija Ljubljana
Nogometni klub Olimpija Ljubljana (; ), commonly referred to as Olimpija Ljubljana or simply Olimpija, is a Slovenian professional football club based in Ljubljana that competes in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the top division of the Slovenian foot ...
in 1979. In 1985, Bošnjak moved to Turkey, joining
Kayserispor
Kayseri Spor Kulübü, commonly known as Kayserispor, and also called Bellona Kayserispor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional football club based in Kayseri. They play their home matches at the RHG Enertürk Enerji Stadium ...
for two seasons. He would make 28
Süper Lig
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appearances for the club.
International career
Bošnjak made one appearance for the senior
Yugoslavia national football team
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Although the team mainly represented the pre-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the post-war SFR Yugoslavia, various iterations of the state ...
, entering as a substitute in a friendly against Romania on 1 June 1983.
References
External links
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Profile at Kayserispor.org
1955 births
Living people
Footballers from Sarajevo
Men's association football midfielders
Yugoslav men's footballers
Yugoslavia men's international footballers
FK Sarajevo players
NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945–2005) players
GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
Kayserispor footballers
Yugoslav First League players
Yugoslav Second League players
Süper Lig players
TFF 1. Lig players
Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
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