Marijan Brnčić (born 23 July 1940) is a former Croatian

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player.

Club career

He played as a centre back and central defensive midfielder but he was mostly deployed at left back. With

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he won

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. Brnčić was hailed as a player that could be put in any position in defense.

International career

Brnčić made his debut for

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in a September 1962

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against

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, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute for

Vlatko Marković Vladimir "Vlatko" Marković (; 1 January 1937 – 23 September 2013) was a Croatian professional football manager and player who served as the president of the Croatian Football Federation from 1998 to 2012. Playing career Club He played for: ...

, and earned a total of 10 caps scoring no goals. His final international was an October 1967 European Championship qualification match against

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. He competed for Yugoslavia at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Club statistics

Managerial statistics

Club

National teams

: *Dates of first and last games under Brnčić; not dates of official appointments

Honours

Player

;Dinamo Zagreb *

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: 1966–67 ;Kortrijk *

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Manager

;NK Rijeka *

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;Croatia *

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silver medal: 1994

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Dinamo stats

Croatian Olympic Committee
1940 births Living people Sportspeople from Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Men's association football defenders Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Yugoslavia Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics HNK Rijeka players NK Trešnjevka players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players K.S.V. Waregem players K.V. Kortrijk players Yugoslav First League players Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Yugoslav football managers Croatian football managers HNK Rijeka managers NK Zagreb managers K.V. Kortrijk managers HNK Orijent managers Tunisia national football team managers Yugoslav expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Belgium Expatriate football managers in Tunisia Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia HNK Rijeka non-playing staff {{Croatia-footy-defender-stub