Branko Elsner (23 November 1929 – 17 November 2012) was a Slovenian
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
manager and player, most known for being the manager of the
Austria national team twice.
Elsner had his first success as a football coach in his Slovenian homeland with
Olimpija, whom he trained from 1964 to 1967.
Personal life
His son
Marko Elsner
Marko Elsner (11 April 196018 May 2020) was a Slovenian professional footballer who played as a defender.
Club career
Born in Ljubljana, capital of SR Slovenia (then part of Yugoslavia), Elsner played for Wacker Innsbruck's youth team before r ...
, and grandsons
Luka Elsner and
Rok Elsner, were all professional footballers.
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1929 births
2012 deaths
Footballers from Ljubljana
Yugoslav footballers
NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945–2005) players
Yugoslav football managers
Yugoslav expatriate football managers
Slovenian football managers
Slovenian expatriate football managers
NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945–2005) managers
FC Wacker Innsbruck managers
Austria national football team managers
Vegalta Sendai managers
Expatriate football managers in Austria
Expatriate football managers in Japan
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Japan
Elsner family
Association footballers not categorized by position