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| Date of birth | (1921-10-31)31 October 1921 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sarajevo,Kingdom of SCS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 20 February 2002(2002-02-20) (aged 80) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Belgrade,FR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right back | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1936–1939 | Slavija Sarajevo | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1939–1941 | Slavija Sarajevo | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1941–1945 | BSK Beograd | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1946–1958 | Red Star Belgrade | 195 | (14) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 195 | (14) | ||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1946–1956 | Yugoslavia | 61 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960 | Željezničar | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1963–1964 | Olimpija Ljubljana | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1964–1967 | Vojvodina | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1966 | Yugoslavia (co-coach) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1968–1973 | AEK Athens | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1975 | Aris | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1975–1976 | Porto | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1977 | PAOK | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1978 | Vojvodina | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1982 | Red Star Belgrade | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1984 | Fenerbahçe | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1986 | Beşiktaş | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | Fenerbahçe | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Red Star Belgrade | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Karşıyaka | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Branko "Stane" Stanković (Serbian Cyrillic:Бранко "Стане" Станковић,pronounced[brâːŋkostǎːŋkoʋitɕ]; 31 October 1921 – 20 February 2002) was aBosnian Serbfootballer andmanager, fromSarajevo.
He started his career inSK Slavija Sarajevo, as a youth player in 1936. In 1941 he escaped fromSarajevo and joined Yugoslav pre-war most successful club,BSK Belgrade and played in theSerbian League during the war. In 1946 he came toRed Star Belgrade, where he established himself as one of the best defenders in theYugoslav First League. Stanković played 195 games, with 14 scored goals.
Stanković mainly played forRed Star Belgrade and wascapped 61 times forYugoslavia.[1] He participated at two World Cups and won a silver medal at each of the1948 Olympics and the1952 Olympics.[2][3] His final international was a November 1956friendly match away againstEngland.[4]
Stanković is one of the most elegant defense players of his time. Because of his playing style, he earned his nicknameAmbassador. Players such asBruno Belin,Milovan Đorić,Fahrudin Jusufi,Petar Krivokuća used to copy his playing style. He was strong, fast and very brave player, also a good header.
He retired in 1958 before his 37th birthday.
Stanković started his managerial career in Sarajevo in 1960, as manager ofŽeljezničar. Later, he managedRed Star Belgrade and reached the1979 UEFA Cup Final with them. Beside Red Star, he also managed a number of teams in different countries, such asFenerbahçe andBeşiktaş inTurkey,Porto inPortugal,AEK Athens,Aris andPAOK inGreece. He also coachedŽeljezničar Sarajevo,Olimpija Ljubljana andFK Vojvodina in the spells. During 1966, he was also co-manager of theYugoslavia national team along withAleksandar Tirnanić,Miljan Miljanić,Rajko Mitić andVujadin Boškov.
He is also famous because of his incident with one of the most popular Yugoslav players during that time,Dragan Stojković. Stanković retired from coaching in 1989.
He had a degree inPhysical education. He was married and had two sons, Dragan and Ratko.
BSK Beograd
Red Star Belgrade
Vojvodina
AEK Athens
Red Star Belgrade
Fenerbahçe
Beşiktaş
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 31 July 1948 | Fulham,England |  Luxembourg | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1948 Summer Olympics |
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