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4 unusual facts about Branko Stanković


Branislav Stanković

Branko Stanković, Branislav "Branko" Stanković, Yugoslavian football (soccer) player

Branko Stanković

Branislav "Branko" Stanković (Serbian Cyrillic: Бpaниcлaв "Бpaнкo" Cтaнкoвић; October 31, 1921 – February 20, 2002) was a Bosnian Serb footballer and manager, from Sarajevo.

He is also famous because of his incident with one of the most popular Yugoslav players during that time, Dragan Stojković Piksi.

After he had to escape from Sarajevo, he joined BSK Beograd in 1941, and in 1946 he came to Red Star Belgrade, where he established himself as one of the best defenders in the league.



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