Branko Rašović
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 April 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Podgorica, Montenegro | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962–1964 | Budućnost Titograd | 22 | (0) |
| 1964–1969 | Partizan Belgrade | 210 | (2) |
| 1969–1974 | Borussia Dortmund | 109 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1964–1967 | Yugoslavia | 10 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Branko Rašović (born 11 April 1942) is a Montenegrin football defender who played for SFR Yugoslavia. His son Vuk is also a retired professional footballer, and former head coach of FK Partizan Belgrade.
Rašović began with football in FK Buducnost Podgorica as a center half. Even as a young player he excelled and received calls for youth selections of the Yugoslavian national football team. In the 1961–62 season, he managed with his club Buducnost to qualify for the Yugoslav First League. He played the 1962–63 season in the first league, but Buducnost was again relegated to second division. The next season, he got a call from FK Partizan and in the 1964–65 season he played again in first league competition but this time for FK Partizan.
Rašović played five years in Partizan, from 1964 until 1969. In the first season, 1964–65, he gained a place in the starting eleven and won the title of champion of Yugoslavia. In that season, he played seventeen league games for Partizan. In total, he played 210 games and scored two goals for Partizan. At the international level he played for Partizan in 39 games and scored one goal. Crown of his career was the 1966 European Cup Final in Brussels, when Partizan played in the final againstth Spain champion Real Madrid C.F. They played at the famous Heysel Stadium in front of 55 000 spectators. Partizan was equal rival in everything and in the 55 minute Velibor Vasović scored the leading goal. Unfortunately for Partizan players, that was all they could do. With two goals of Amancio and Serena, Real managed to defeat Partizan and Real took the title of European champion.
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