# Marijan Brnčić

Marijan Brnčić (born 23 July 1940) is a former Croatian football player.

## Club career

He played as a centre back and central defensive midfielder but he was mostly deployed at left back. With Dinamo Zagreb he won 1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. Brnčić was hailed as a player that could be put in any position in defense.

## International career

Brnčić made his debut for Yugoslavia in a September 1962 friendly match against Ethiopia, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute for Vlatko Marković, and earned a total of 10 caps scoring no goals. His final international was an October 1967 European Championship qualification match against West Germany.
He competed for Yugoslavia at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

## Club statistics

| Club performance | Club performance | Club performance | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Total | Total |
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | League | League | Yugoslav Cup | Yugoslav Cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| 1959–60 | NK Rijeka | Yugoslav First League | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 0 |
| 1960–61 | NK Rijeka | Yugoslav First League | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 1 |
| 1961–62 | NK Rijeka | Yugoslav First League | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 0 |
| 1962–63 | NK Rijeka | Yugoslav First League | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 1963–64 | NK Rijeka | Yugoslav First League | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 0 |
| 1964–65 | NK Trešnjevka | Yugoslav First League | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 0 |
| 1965–66 | NK Trešnjevka | Yugoslav First League | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 0 |
| 1966–67 | NK Dinamo Zagreb | Yugoslav First League | 29 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 46 | 2 |
| 1967–68 | NK Dinamo Zagreb | Yugoslav First League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1968–69 | NK Dinamo Zagreb | Yugoslav First League | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 0 |
| Belgium | Belgium | Belgium | League | League | Belgian Cup | Belgian Cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| 1969–70 | K.S.V. Waregem | Belgian First Division | 29 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 29 | 0 |
| 1970–71 | K.S.V. Waregem | Belgian First Division | 28 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 28 | 0 |
| 1971–72 | K.S.V. Waregem | Belgian First Division | 26 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 26 | 0 |
| Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | League | League | Yugoslav Cup | Yugoslav Cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| 1972–73 | NK Dinamo Zagreb | Yugoslav First League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Belgium | Belgium | Belgium | League | League | Belgian Cup | Belgian Cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| 1973–74 | K.V. Kortrijk | Belgian Second Division | 29 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 29 | 0 |
| 1974–75 | K.V. Kortrijk | Belgian Second Division | 25 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 25 | 0 |
| 1975–76 | K.V. Kortrijk | Belgian Second Division | 27 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 27 | 0 |
| Country | Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 210 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 249 | 4 |
| Country | Belgium | Belgium | 164 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 0 |
| Country | Total | Total | 374 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 413 | 4 |

## Managerial statistics

    As of 3 May 2018

### Club

| Club | From | To | Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Club | From | To | Competition | P | W | D | L | Win % |
| K.V. Kortrijk | 17 August 1977 | 10 March 1978 | First Division | 27 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 022.22 |
| K.V. Kortrijk | 17 August 1977 | 10 March 1978 | Belgian Cup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 050.00 |
| NK Rijeka Total | NK Rijeka Total | NK Rijeka Total | NK Rijeka Total | 85 | 27 | 26 | 32 | 031.76 |
| NK Rijeka | 4 April 1979 | 17 June 1979 | First League | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 038.46 |
| NK Rijeka | 4 April 1979 | 17 June 1979 | Yugoslav Cup | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 066.67 |
| NK Rijeka | 4 April 1979 | 17 June 1979 | Balkans Cup | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 000.00 |
| NK Rijeka Total | NK Rijeka Total | NK Rijeka Total | NK Rijeka Total | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 036.84 |
| NK Rijeka | 1 March 1981 | 15 May 1983 | First League | 79 | 23 | 26 | 30 | 029.11 |
| NK Rijeka | 1 March 1981 | 15 May 1983 | Yugoslav Cup | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 066.67 |
| NK Rijeka Total | NK Rijeka Total | NK Rijeka Total | NK Rijeka Total | 85 | 27 | 26 | 32 | 031.76 |
| GOŠK-Jug | 11 August 1985 | 22 June 1986 | Second League (West) | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 035.29 |
| GOŠK-Jug Total | GOŠK-Jug Total | GOŠK-Jug Total | GOŠK-Jug Total | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 035.29 |
| NK Orijent | August, 1987 | June, 1989 | Croatian Republic League | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 043.33 |
| NK Orijent | August, 1987 | June, 1989 | Inter-Republic League (West) | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 032.35 |
| NK Orijent Total | NK Orijent Total | NK Orijent Total | NK Orijent Total | 64 | 24 | 15 | 25 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 287 | 97 | 78 | 112 | 033.80 |

### National teams

| Team | From | To | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Team | From | To | G | W | D | L | Win % |
| Croatia Futsal | 14 March 1994 | 24 October 2001 | 47 | 32 | 3 | 12 | 068.09 |
| Croatia U21 (caretaker) | 14 December 2005 | 14 December 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | 48 | 32 | 4 | 12 | 066.67 |
    *Dates of first and last games under Brnčić; not dates of official appointments

## Honours
### Player
#### Dinamo Zagreb

* Yugoslav Cup: 1969
* Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 1966–67

#### Kortrijk

* Belgian Second Division play-offs: 1976

### Manager
#### NK Rijeka

* Yugoslav Cup: 1979

#### Croatia

* Futsal Mundialito silver medal: 1994