Branko Baković
{{short description|Serbian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Branko Baković
| image =
| fullname = Branko Baković
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|08|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kragujevac, SFR Yugoslavia
| height = 1.82 m
| position = Attacking midfielder
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = 1999–2000
| youthclubs1 = Radnički Kragujevac
| years1 = 2000–2002
| clubs1 = Radnički Kragujevac
| caps1 = 37
| goals1 = 4
| years2 = 2002–2006
| clubs2 = OFK Beograd
| caps2 = 93
| goals2 = 20
| years3 = 2007
| clubs3 = Shandong Luneng
| caps3 = 6
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2007
| clubs4 = Politehnica Iași
| caps4 = 7
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2008
| clubs5 = Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
| caps5 = 16
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2009
| clubs6 = Radnički Kragujevac
| caps6 = 12
| goals6 = 5
| years7 = 2009–2010
| clubs7 = Slavija Sarajevo
| caps7 = 7
| goals7 = 4
| years8 = 2010
| clubs8 = Radnički Kragujevac
| caps8 = 3
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2011
| clubs9 = Grbalj
| caps9 = 9
| goals9 = 1
| years10 = 2011
| clubs10 = Mladenovac
| caps10 = 12
| goals10 = 4
| years11 = 2012–2015
| clubs11 = Black Stars Basel
| caps11 = 61
| goals11 = 4
| totalcaps = 263
| totalgoals = 42
| nationalyears1 = 2003
| nationalteam1 = Serbia and Montenegro U21
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
Branko Baković ({{Lang-sr-Cyrl|Бранко Баковић}}; born 31 August 1981) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Career
After starting out at his hometown club Radnički Kragujevac, Baković was transferred to ambitious OFK Beograd in the summer of 2002. He spent the following five seasons at Stara Karaburma, scoring 20 goals in 93 league games. He also made a string of appearances in European competitions, reaching the semi-finals of the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup.
In 2007, Baković moved abroad to Chinese club Shandong Luneng, but failed to make an impact. He also briefly played for Romania's Politehnica Iași and Ukraine's Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka, before returning to his parent club Radnički Kragujevac in early 2009.
Statistics
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |
rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|League | |
---|---|
Apps | Goals |
rowspan="3"|Radnički Kragujevac
|13 | 2 |
2001–02
|24 | 2 |
Total
!37 | 4 |
rowspan="6"|OFK Beograd
|17 | 2 |
2003–04
|23 | 3 |
2004–05
|22 | 6 |
2005–06
|19 | 8 |
2006–07
|12 | 1 |
Total
!93 | 20 |
colspan="2"|Career total
!130 | 24 |
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bakovic, Branko}}
Category:Footballers from Kragujevac
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers
Category:Serbia and Montenegro men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Serbian men's footballers
Category:FK Radnički 1923 players
Category:Shandong Taishan F.C. players
Category:FC Politehnica Iași (1945) players
Category:FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka players
Category:FK Slavija Sarajevo players
Category:OFK Mladenovac players
Category:FC Black Stars Basel players
Category:First League of Serbia and Montenegro players
Category:Chinese Super League players
Category:Montenegrin First League players
Category:Ukrainian Premier League players
Category:Ukrainian First League players
Category:Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players
Category:Serbian First League players
Category:Serbian SuperLiga players
Category:Swiss 1. Liga (football) players
Category:Serbian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in China
Category:Serbian expatriate sportspeople in China
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
Category:Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine
Category:Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Category:Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Montenegro
Category:Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Montenegro
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland