Marijan Brnčić (born 23 July 1940) is a former Croatian football player.
Club career He played as a centre back and central defensive midfielder but he was mostly deployed at left back. With Dinamo Zagreb he won 1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. Brnčić was hailed as a player that could be put in any position in defense.
International career Brnčić made his debut for Yugoslavia in a September 1962 friendly match against Ethiopia, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute for Vlatko Marković, and earned a total of 10 caps scoring no goals. His final international was an October 1967 European Championship qualification match against West Germany.
He competed for Yugoslavia at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Club statistics
Club performance League Cup Continental Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Yugoslavia League Yugoslav Cup Europe Total1959–60NK RijekaYugoslav First League19000–1901960–6117110–1811961–6217020–2001962–6322010803101963–6420010–2101964–65NK Trešnjevka26020–2601965–6629100–2901966–67NK Dinamo Zagreb292401304621967–68500010601968–6915040–190 Belgium League Belgian Cup Europe Total1969–70K.S.V. WaregemBelgian First Division290––2901970–71280––2801971–72260––260 Yugoslavia League Yugoslav Cup Europe Total1972–73NK Dinamo ZagrebYugoslav First League1100020130 Belgium League Belgian Cup Europe Total1973–74K.V. KortrijkBelgian Second Division290––2901974–75250––2501975–76270––270 Country Yugoslavia21041502402494 Belgium164000001640Total37441502404134
Managerial statistics
Club ClubFromToCompetitionRecordPWDLWin %K.V. Kortrijk17 August 197710 March 1978First DivisionBelgian CupNK Rijeka TotalNK Rijeka4 April 197917 June 1979First LeagueYugoslav CupBalkans CupNK Rijeka TotalNK Rijeka1 March 198115 May 1983First LeagueYugoslav CupNK Rijeka TotalGOŠK-Jug11 August 198522 June 1986Second League (West)GOŠK-Jug TotalNK Orijent August 1987 June 1989Croatian Republic LeagueInter-Republic League (West)NK Orijent TotalTotal
National teams TeamFromToRecordGWDLWin %Croatia Futsal14 March 199424 October 2001Croatia U21 (caretaker)14 December 200514 December 2005Total
*Dates of first and last games under Brnčić; not dates of official appointments
Honours Player Dinamo Zagreb Yugoslav Cup: 1969 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 1966–67
Kortrijk Belgian Second Division play-offs: 1976
Manager NK Rijeka Yugoslav Cup: 1979
Croatia Futsal Mundialito silver medal: 1994
References
External links
Dinamo stats Croatian Olympic Committee