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 List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Moravica District in central Serbia. It is located in the West Morava Valley. According to the 2022 census, the city itself has a population ...

. He started his playing career with Borac Čačak before joining Serbian

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

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, Serbia, the second large ...

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

Chinese Super League The Chinese Football Super League (), commonly known as the Chinese Super League or the CSL (), also known as the China Resources Beverage Chinese Football Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Ch ...

season for

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. Branko Jelić scored twice in a 2–0 win for

FC Energie Cottbus FC Energie Cottbus (Lower Sorbian: ''Energija Chóśebuz'') is a German football club based in Cottbus, Brandenburg. It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was East Germany. After the reunification of Germany, Energie played six seasons i ...

against Bayern Munich 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

– 21 goals

References

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