Branko Baković

Branko Baković

Personal information
Full name	Branko Baković
Date of birth	(1981-08-31) 31 August 1981
Place of birth	Kragujevac, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1999–2000	Radnički Kragujevac
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2002	Radnički Kragujevac	37	(4)
2002–2006	OFK Beograd	93	(20)
2007	Shandong Luneng	6	(0)
2007	Politehnica Iași	7	(0)
2008	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	16	(0)
2009	Radnički Kragujevac	12	(5)
2009–2010	Slavija Sarajevo	7	(4)
2010	Radnički Kragujevac	3	(0)
2011	Grbalj	9	(1)
2011	Mladenovac	12	(4)
2012–2015	Black Stars Basel	61	(4)
Total		263	(42)
International career
2003	Serbia and Montenegro U21	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Branko Baković (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранко Баковић; born 31 August 1981) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Career

After starting out at his hometown club Radnički Kragujevac, Baković was transferred to ambitious OFK Beograd in the summer of 2002. He spent the following five seasons at Stara Karaburma, scoring 20 goals in 93 league games. He also made a string of appearances in European competitions, reaching the semi-finals of the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup.

In 2007, Baković moved abroad to Chinese club Shandong Luneng, but failed to make an impact. He also briefly played for Romania's Politehnica Iași and Ukraine's Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka, before returning to his parent club Radnički Kragujevac in early 2009.

Statistics

Club	Season	League
		Apps	Goals
Radnički Kragujevac	2000–01	13	2
	2001–02	24	2
	Total	37	4
OFK Beograd	2002–03	17	2
	2003–04	23	3
	2004–05	22	6
	2005–06	19	8
	2006–07	12	1
	Total	93	20
Career total		130	24

External links

• Branko Baković at Soccerway.com
• Branko Baković at WorldFootball.net
• Branko Baković at kicker (in German)
• Branko Baković at FBref.com
• Branko Baković at the Ukraine Football Federation