Branko Pleše

Branko Pleše
Personal information
Full name Branko Pleše
Date of birth (1915-01-12)12 January 1915
Place of birth Delnice, Croatia-Slavonia,
Austria-Hungary
Date of death 28 March 1980(1980-03-28) (aged 65)
Place of death Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1929–1935 HŠK Concordia
1935–1945 Građanski Zagreb 116 (43)
1945–1950 Dinamo Zagreb 74 (6)
International career
1937–1946 Yugoslavia 6 (3)
1941–1944 Independent State of Croatia 13 (3)
Managerial career
Sloboda Tuzla
HNK Dubrovnik
Trnje
Dubrava
1978 ŽNK Loto Zagreb
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Branko Pleše (Croatian pronunciation: [brâːŋko plêʃe];[1][2] 12 January 1915 – 28 March 1980), nicknamed Isusek, was a Croatian footballer who played international football for the Croatian and both the royal and communist Yugoslavian national teams.

Playing career

Club

He began his career with HŠK Concordia before moving to Građanski Zagreb in 1935. Pleše played with Građanski as a striker until its disbanding in 1945. In 1937 and 1940 he was Yugoslavian champion, while in 1941 and 1943 he was champion of Croatia. In 1945 he joined the newly formed Dinamo Zagreb with whom he played until 1950. He was Yugoslavian champion again in 1948.

International

During his international career with the Kingdom of Yugoslavia he was capped 5 times. During the existence of the Independent State of Croatia, a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany, he was capped for the Croatia national team 13 times, scoring three goals. Finally, he played for Communist Yugoslavia once, in its first game.[3]

Managerial career

He later moved to management, during which time he managed FK Sloboda Tuzla among others.

References

  1. ^ "brániti". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Brȃnko
  2. ^ "pljȅša". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Plȅše
  3. ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 20 November 2022.


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