Saša Branežac

Saša Branežac
Personal information
Full name Saša Branežac
Date of birth (1976-12-23) 23 December 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth Osijek, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
0000–1995 Osijek
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1998 Sartid Smederevo
1999–2001 Obilić 10 (0)
1999–2000 → Sutjeska Nikšić (loan) 37 (12)
2001 → Napredak Kruševac (loan) 15 (3)
2001–2002 MTK Hungária 30 (3)
2002 Sartid Smederevo 6 (1)
2003 Glasinac Sokolac 8 (0)
2003 Sutjeska Nikšić 10 (1)
2004 MPPJ Selangor
2005 Čukarički 14 (4)
2005 Aiolikos
2006 Penang FA
2007–2008 Deltras Sidoarjo 32 (11)
2008 UPB-MyTeam
2009 Al Hamriyah
2009–2012 Kovačevac 71 (36)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Saša Branežac (Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Бранежац; born 23 December 1976) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He also holds Croatian citizenship.

During his journeyman career, Branežac played professionally in Serbia and Montenegro, Hungary,[1] Bosnia and Herzegovina, Malaysia, Greece, Indonesia,[2] and the United Arab Emirates.[3]

Club career

Branežac was born in Osijek, SR Croatia, back then part of Yugoslavia, and started playing at youth team of local NK Osijek.[4] He and his family decided to move to Serbia and he started playing for Sartid Smederevo, before transferring to FR Yugoslavia champions Obilić in the 1998–99 winter transfer window. He was later loaned to newly promoted First League club Sutjeska Nikšić for the 1999–2000 season, scoring 12 goals in 37 appearances.

In early 2004, Branežac moved to Asia and joined Malaysia Premier League side MPPJ Selangor.[5] He helped them win first place in Group B and then beat the winners of Group A, Melaka Telekom, 3–2 in the season's final, as the club earned promotion to the Malaysia Super League.[6]

Statistics

Club Season League
Apps Goals
Sartid Smederevo 1997–98 23 7
1998–99 10 3
Obilić 1998–99 2 0
Sutjeska Nikšić (loan) 1999–2000 37 12
Obilić 2000–01 8 0
Napredak Kruševac (loan) 2000–01 15 3
MTK Hungária 2001–02 30 3
Sartid Smederevo 2002–03 6 1
Glasinac Sokolac 2002–03 8 0
Sutjeska Nikšić 2003–04 10 1
MPPJ Selangor 2004
Čukarički 2004–05 14 4
Aiolikos 2005–06
Penang FA 2005–06
Deltras Sidoarjo 2007–08 32 11
UPB-MyTeam 2007–08
Al Hamriyah 2008–09
Kovačevac 2009–10 24 15
2010–11 23 11
2011–12 24 10
Career total 266 81

Honours

MPPJ Selangor

References

  1. ^ "Branezac, Sasa" (in Hungarian). nela.hu. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  2. ^ "SASA BRANEZAC" (in Indonesian). liga-indonesia.co.id. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Saša Branežac" (in Serbian). sdcafe.rs. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  4. ^ Player profiles at fcobilic.tripod.com
  5. ^ "Arostegui's back to lead the MPPJ attack". thestar.com.my. 14 February 2004. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Malaysia 2004". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 September 2019.