Branko Žigić ( sr-Cyrl, Бранко Жигић; born 30 December 1981) is a Serbian professional

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coach and a former player who played as a defender. He is the younger brother of

Nikola Žigić Nikola Žigić ( sr-cyr, Никола Жигић, ; born 25 September 1980) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a centre forward. Žigić was born in Bačka Topola, in what was then SFR Yugoslavia. He began playing footbal ...

Career

Born in

Bačka Topola Bačka Topola ( sr-Cyrl, Бачка Топола, ; , ) is a town and municipality located in the North Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The municipality is composed of 23 local communities and, according to the 202 ...

, Brako started his career together with his older brother

Nikola Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek '' Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος) and it means "the winner of the people". It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bul ...

at local club

AIK Bačka Topola FK TSC ( sr-Cyrl, ФК ТСЦ), commonly known as TSC, is a Serbian professional Association football, football club based in Bačka Topola. Its initial founding date in 1913 as Topolyai Sport Club makes it currently the second-oldest football cl ...

. Later he played for Tekstilac Odžaci and Cement Beočin.

Proleter Novi Sad

Žigić joined

Proleter Novi Sad FK Proleter Novi Sad () is a defunct football club based in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia. They competed in the Serbian SuperLiga for four seasons between 2018 and 2022, before merging with RFK Novi Sad 1921. History Founded in 1951, the club won t ...

for the 2007–08 season. After 2 seasons playing in the

Serbian League Vojvodina Serbian League Vojvodina ( Serbian: Српска лига Војводина / Srpska liga Vojvodina) is one of four sections of the Serbian League, the third tier of professional football in Serbia. The other three sections are Serbian League B ...

, Žigić promoted with club in the

Serbian First League The Serbian First League (), referred to as the Mozzart Bet First League for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier in professional Serbia's football league. The league was formed in 2005, following a reshuffle of the second tier Serbo-Montenegr ...

. Playing with Proleter, Žigić made over 250 caps.

Career statistics

Managerial statistics

Honours

Proleter Novi Sad *

: 2008–09

References

1981 births Living people Footballers from Bačka Topola Men's association football defenders Serbian men's footballers FK TSC players FK Tekstilac Odžaci players FK Cement Beočin players FK Proleter Novi Sad players Serbian First League players Serbian football managers FK Proleter Novi Sad managers Serbian SuperLiga managers Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers 21st-century Serbian sportsmen {{Serbia-footy-defender-stub