Branko Žigić

Branko Žigić
Personal information
Date of birth	30 December 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth	Bačka Topola, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Sloven Ruma (manager)
Youth career
	AIK Bačka Topola
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–2003	AIK Bačka Topola
2004	Tekstilac Odžaci
2004–2007	Cement Beočin
2007–2017	Proleter Novi Sad
Managerial career
2019–2021	Proleter Novi Sad
2021	Proleter Novi Sad
2022	Mladost Novi Sad
2022–2023	Novi Sad 1921
2023	Mladost Novi Sad
2024–	Sloven Ruma
	*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 at 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
Club	Season	Division	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]	Serbian League Vojvodina	26	4	—		—		26	4
	2009–10^[3]	Serbian First League	32	1	0	0	—		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	373	35

Managerial statistics

As of match played 30 August 2023

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record					Ref
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %	Ref
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

Serbian League Vojvodina: 2008–09

References

^ "Branko Žigić". Serbian First League (in Serbian). Retrieved 17 June 2016.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Zigic, Branko". srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 23 August 2017.
^ "Krasić i Žigić:Pobedili bismo Miloša i Nikolu". mondo.rs (in Serbian). 31 October 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
^ Branko Žigić at Soccerway

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[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.

[srbijafudbal-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "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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