Branko Kralj
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Career & Clubs
Kralj joined local side HŠK Concordia in 1938. After World War II when the club was disbanded he joined NK Borac. Borac later merged into today's NK Zagreb and Kralj moved to local powerhouse Dinamo Zagreb. During his time with Dinamo he appeared in a total of 108 matches (including 61 Yugoslav First League games) and helped the club win the 1953–54 championship title. He retired the following season after sustaining a career-ending injury during a match against Velež Mostar.
He was called up for Yugoslavia 39 times during his time at Dinamo, but always as a substitute for the team's first-choice goalkeeper Vladimir Beara of Hajduk Split. He eventually earned three caps for the national team, each time coming on as a substitute for Beara between 1954 and 1955, and was a member of the Yugoslav squad which reached the quarter-final in the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland. He was also part of Yugoslavia's squad at the 1952 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches. After retiring from active football he graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Zagreb and worked in Dinamo's club management.
- Club
- HŠK Concordia (1942–1945)
- Club
- N.K. Zagreb (1945–1952)
- Club
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb (1952–1956)
- Club
- Yugoslavia men's national football team (1954–1955)
- National team
- Yugoslavia
Clubs
- HŠK Concordia1942–1945
- N.K. Zagreb1945–1952
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb1952–1956
- Yugoslavia men's national football team1954–1955
Played together with
- Adrian ŠemperGNK Dinamo Zagreb
- Albin PelakGNK Dinamo Zagreb · 2003–2004
- Aleksandar ŽivkovićHŠK Concordia · 1928–1931
Alen HalilovićGNK Dinamo Zagreb · 2013–2014- Alen PeternacGNK Dinamo Zagreb · 1989–1995
- Alexandre Silva CleytonGNK Dinamo Zagreb · 2014–2014
Alexandru MățelGNK Dinamo Zagreb · 2015–2019
Ali KarimiGNK Dinamo Zagreb · 2016–2017
Amer GojakGNK Dinamo Zagreb · 2015- Amir RrahmaniGNK Dinamo Zagreb · 2016–2019
Andre MijatovićGNK Dinamo Zagreb · 2003–2005
Andrej KramarićGNK Dinamo Zagreb · 2009–2013
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Identifiers & aliases
Branko Kralj was a Croatian footballer who played as goalkeeper. He was born and died in Zagreb.
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