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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]

Branko Žigić

Personal information
Date of birth	(1981-12-30) 30 December 1981 (age 40)[1]
Place of birth	Bačka Topola, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Club information
Current team	Vacant
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)
Teams managed
2018–2019	Proleter Novi Sad (assistant)
2019–2021	Proleter Novi Sad
2022	Mladost GAT
2022—	RFK Novi Sad
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Tekstilac Odžaci	2003–04[3]	Serbian League Vojvodina	15	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	1
Cement Beočin	2004–05[3]		30	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	30	7
	2005–06[3]		29	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	29	2
	2006–07[3]		29	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	29	6
	Total		88	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	88	15
Proleter Novi Sad	2007–08[3]	Serbian League Vojvodina	25	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	25	1
	2008–09[3]		26	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	26	4
	2009–10[3]	Serbian First League	32	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	32	1
	2010–11		33	3	1	0	–	–	–	–	34	3
	2011–12		29	2	1	0	–	–	–	–	30	2
	2012–13		30	1	1	0	–	–	–	–	31	1
	2013–14		24	3	1	0	–	–	–	–	25	3
	2014–15		28	2	2	0	–	–	–	–	30	2
	2015–16		23	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	23	1
	2016–17		14	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	14	1
	Total		264	19	6	0	–	–	–	–	270	19
Career total			367	35	6	0	0	0	0	0	373	35

Managerial statistics

As of match played 31 Septembar 2022

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nation	From	To	Record					Ref
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Proleter (NS)		9 September 2019	9 April 2021	53	18	14	21	033.96
Proleter (NS)		16 Jul 2021	10 October 2021	15	4	4	7	026.67
Mladost (GAT)		7 Jul 2022	02.August 2022	4	1	1	2	025.00
RFK Novi Sad		21 August 2022	Pressent	6	3	2	1	050.00
Total				78	26	21	31	033.33	—

Honours

Player

Proleter Novi Sad

• Serbian League Vojvodina: 2008–09

Assistant coach

Proleter Novi Sad

• Serbian First League: 2017–18

References

External links

• Branko Žigić at FootballDatabase.eu

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