Branimir "Brana" Porobić (Serbian Cyrillic:Бранимир Поробић; 5 January 1901 – 18 December 1952) was a Yugoslav andSerbianfootballer. He was one of the pioneers of Serbian football as one of the founders of SK BUSK and a member of the club direction ofBSK Belgrade.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1901-01-05)5 January 1901 | ||
| Place of birth | Belgrade,Kingdom of Serbia | ||
| Date of death | 18 December 1952(1952-12-18) (aged 51) | ||
| Place of death | Osnabrück,West Germany | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lyon | |||
| 1918 | BSK Belgrade | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1919 | BSK Belgrade | ||
| 1919–1921 | BUSK Belgrade | ||
| 1921–1926 | BSK Belgrade | ||
| 1919–1924 | SK Jugoslavija | ||
| International career | |||
| 1920 | Kingdom of SCS | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Biography
editBorn inBelgrade, he escaped to France duringWorld War I where he finished high-school and played there in Lyon.[1] When he returned to Belgrade he joinedBSK Belgrade in 1918 and played as a full-back. He debuted for the first team of BSK in 1919. That year he moved to another Belgrade club, BUSK, but in 1921 he returned to giants BSK bringing with him two of his BUSK teammates, Aleksandar Milošević and Dušan Zdravković. He played with BSK until 1926.[1]
He was part of the firstYugoslavia national team squad which was gathered to play in the1920 Summer Olympics[2] and he played in the second match on September 2, 1920 against Egypt.[3] He also played 7 matches for theBelgrade Football Subassociation selection.[1]
He was a member of the BSK direction board, and was one of the founders and a number 1 member of another club, SK BUSK. During theSecond World War he was an officer in the French Army in the French occupation zone in theAllied-occupied Germany.
He died inOsnabrück,West Germany, on December 18, 1952.[1]
References
edit- ^abcde"Porobić Branimir" (in Serbian). reprezentacija.rs. Retrieved29 October 2014.
- ^"Branimir Porobić".Olympedia. Retrieved17 August 2021.
- ^"Branimir Porobić, international football player".EU-football.info. Retrieved20 April 2025.
External links
edit- Branimir Porobić at National-Football-Teams.com