Branko Žigić
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-12-30) 30 December 1981[1]
Place of birth Bačka Topola, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Mladost Novi Sad
Youth career
AIK Bačka Topola
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2003 AIK Bačka Topola
2004 Tekstilac Odžaci 15 (1)
2004–2007 Cement Beočin 88 (15)
2007–2017 Proleter Novi Sad 264 (19)
Managerial career
2019–2021 Proleter Novi Sad
2021 Proleter Novi Sad
2022 Mladost Novi Sad
2022–2023 Novi Sad 1921
2023– Mladost Novi Sad
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Branko Žigić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранко Жигић; born 30 December 1981) is a Serbian professional football coach and a former player who played as a defender. He is the younger brother of Nikola Žigić.[2]

Career

Born in Bačka Topola,[3] Brako started his career together with his older brother Nikola, playing for local club AIK Bačka Topola. Later he played for Tekstilac Odžaci and Cement Beočin.[4]

Proleter Novi Sad

Žigić joined Proleter Novi Sad for the 2007–08 season. After 2 seasons playing in the Serbian League Vojvodina, Žigić promoted with club in the Serbian First League. Playing with Proleter, Žigić made over 250 caps.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tekstilac Odžaci 2003–04[3] Serbian League Vojvodina 151151
Cement Beočin 2004–05[3] 307307
2005–06[3] 292292
2006–07[3] 296296
Total 88158815
Proleter Novi Sad 2007–08[3] Serbian League Vojvodina 251251
2008–09[3] 264264
2009–10[3] Serbian First League 321321
2010–11 33310343
2011–12 29210302
2012–13 30110311
2013–14 24310253
2014–15 28220302
2015–16 23100231
2016–17 14100141
Total 264196027019
Career total 36735600037335

Managerial statistics

As of match played 30 August 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref
G W D L Win %
Proleter Novi Sad 9 September 2019 9 April 2021 53 18 14 21 033.96
Proleter Novi Sad 16 July 2021 10 October 2021 15 4 4 7 026.67
Mladost Novi Sad 7 July 2022 2 August 2022 4 1 1 2 025.00
Novi Sad 1921 21 August 2022 23 June 2023 34 14 7 13 041.18
Total 105 37 25 43 035.24

Honours

Proleter Novi Sad

References

  1. "Branko Žigić". Serbian First League (in Serbian). Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  2. "Kad Žiga i Krasa udare na Kolarova u Slanoj Bari". Press (in Serbian). 14 November 2011. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Zigic, Branko". srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  4. "Krasić i Žigić:Pobedili bismo Miloša i Nikolu". mondo.rs (in Serbian). 31 October 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  5. Branko Žigić at Soccerway
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