Branislav Sekulić

Branislav "Bane" Sekulić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранислав "Бане" Секулић; 29 October 1906 – 24 September 1968) was a Serbian football player and football manager.

Branislav Sekulić

Personal information
Date of birth	(1906-10-29)29 October 1906
Place of birth	Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia
Date of death	24 September 1968(1968-09-24) (aged 61)
Place of death	Bern, Switzerland
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Javor Beograd
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Dušanovac
	Karađorđe Beograd
1922–1926	SK Jugoslavija	126	(110)
1927-1929	SO Montpellier
1929-1930	Club Français
1930–1931	Grasshopper Club Zürich
1931–1935	Urania Genève Sport
1935–1937	SK Jugoslavija
1937	Jedinstvo Beograd
1942–1943	Jedinstvo Beograd
International career
1925–1936	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	17	(8)
Managerial career
	Cibalia
1946	Red Star Belgrade
1948–1951	Vojvodina
1953	Red Star Belgrade
1957–1962	FC Fribourg
1958–1960	Switzerland
1962–1963	RFC Liège
1964–1965	Young Fellows Juventus
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

He began playing with the youth team of Javor Beograd before moving to Dušanovac. Being only 15 he became senior and the youngest but also best player at Karađorđe Beograd where he moved from Dušanovac along his brother Dragutin. SK Soko Beograd brought him next but he only played with the youth team while with them. Next he was spotted by SK Jugoslavija where he joined a generation of players such as Marjanović, Dragićević, Luburić and Đurić, winning with them the 1924 and 1925 Yugoslav Championships. He was characterised for having an impressive physical condition and for being very offensive, great sprinter, and having great ability for a center, besides being the owner of a powerful shot. His speciality was the volley shot which was curiously considered to be elegant and soft but very efficient.^[1] His talent was soon spotted by foreign clubs and he moved to France and later Switzerland where he represented SO Montpellier, Club Français, Grasshopper Club Zürich and Urania Genève Sport. When he returned to Yugoslavia he first joined SK Jugoslavija before moving to SK Jedinstvo Beograd. His healthy way of life allowed him to become one of the Yugoslav players with longest active playing career and to play with Jedinstvo in the championship until almost his 40s.^[2]

He was part of the Yugoslavia national football team that reached the semi-finals of the 1930 FIFA World Cup.

He coached Cibalia,^[3] Red Star Belgrade, FC Fribourg,^[4] Switzerland, RFC Liège^[5] and SC Young Fellows Juventus.

Honours

Playing career:

Club:

SK Jugoslavija

• Yugoslav Championship (2)
  • Champion: 1924, 1925

National team:

Yugoslavia

• Semi-finals of the 1930 FIFA World Cup

References

1. "Večiti rivali" Archived 2012-05-12 at the Wayback Machine by Ljubomir Vukadinović, pag. 29
2. "Večiti rivali" Archived 2012-05-12 at the Wayback Machine by Ljubomir Vukadinović, pag. 30
3. "FK Bačka Mol", page 92 (in Serbian)
4. "Switzerland - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs".
5. "Rfcliege.be".

External links

• Career story at Reprezentacija.rs

Career