Milivoj Bračun (born 22 April 1958) is a

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manager and former player who was most recently the manager of Slovenian First League side

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. Born in

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, back then within Yugoslavia, Bračun played for

Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb (), commonly referred to as simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Cr ...

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

and

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Club career

In the summer of 1986, after six seasons with

, Bračun's contract at

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expired. Since he wasn't offered a new one by head coach

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, the 28-year-old defender principally agreed his transfer to

Hajduk Split Hrvatski Nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, the club's home ...

. However, later on in the summer transfer window veteran defender Luka Peruzović came back to the club, making Bračun's potential move surplus to requirements. Instead, Bračun accepted an offer from

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's sporting director

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and moved to Belgrade.

Coaching

Bračun has managed the youth team of

GNK Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb (), commonly referred to as simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional association football, football Football team, club based in Zagreb. Dinamo play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They ...

and the senior teams of NK Istra Pula, NK Segesta Sisak, NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac, NK Pula SČ,

NK Olimpija Ljubljana Nogometni klub Olimpija Ljubljana (; ), commonly referred to as Olimpija Ljubljana or simply Olimpija, is a Slovenian professional football club based in Ljubljana that competes in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the top division of the Slovenian foot ...

NK Zagreb Nogometni klub Zagreb (''Zagreb Football Club''), commonly known as NK Zagreb or simply Zagreb (), is a Croatian football club based in the capital city of Zagreb. It currently competes in the fifth tier league competition of Croatian footbal ...

NK Rijeka Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka (), commonly referred to as HNK Rijeka, is a Croatian professional association football club from the city of Rijeka. HNK Rijeka competes in Croatia's top division, Supersport HNL, of which they have been members ...

and

NK Inter Zaprešić Nogometni klub Inter Zaprešić was a Croatian professional football club based in Zaprešić, a town northwest of the capital Zagreb. The team were nicknamed ''Keramičari'' (The ceramics makers), because they were sponsored by a ceramics fa ...

References

External links

Player profile at Weltfußball.de
* 1958 births Living people Footballers from Zagreb Men's association football defenders Yugoslav men's footballers GNK Dinamo Zagreb players Red Star Belgrade footballers Elche CF players Yugoslav First League players La Liga players Segunda División players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Spain Croatian football managers HNK Segesta managers NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac managers FC Koper managers NK Zagreb managers NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945–2005) managers NK Istra 1961 managers HNK Rijeka managers NK Inter Zaprešić managers NK Slaven Belupo managers Croatian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Slovenia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia {{Croatia-footy-defender-stub