Cloud, Branco

Club

Branko Oblak, a pupil of the club “ Freedom ” Ljubljana , did not marry for the main team and in 1963 moved to the local “ Olympia ” ”, for which he debuted on May 20, 1966 in Belgrade in a principled match with“ Partizan ”, and in which scored two goals, bringing the victory of Olympia 2: 1. In total for Olimpia, the Cloud played 181 matches in the Yugoslav championship and scored 34 goals.

In 1973, Cloud moved to Hajduk from Split , for which he played for two seasons, winning two Yugoslav championships . At the end of the first season at Hajduk, Cloud was taken by Vuyadin Boskov , head coach of the Yugoslav national team, as a player of the main squad at the World Cup , becoming, together with Danilo Popivoda, the first Slovenian to play in the world championships . Cloud had a good tournament and was included in the symbolic team of the World Cup. At the end of the season he was selected as a candidate for the Golden Ball .

In 1975, Cloud signed a two-year contract with the German club Schalke 04 , he helped the team take second place in the Bundesliga , and then for the second time was named a candidate for the title of best European football player. A year after arriving in Germany, Oblak went, together with the national team, to the European Championship , where the Yugoslavs reached the semifinals, losing to Germany in extra time , and then lost the match for third place in Holland . After the tournament, Cloud decided to end his career in the national team.

In the summer of 1977, Cloud moved to Bavaria from Munich , where he played for 3 seasons, in the last of which he won the German championship. After that, Cloud played for various Austrian teams, including Spittal . Finished his career in 1987.

Team

In the Yugoslav national team, Branco Cloud made his debut on May 6, 1970 in a friendly match with the Romanian national team , which ended with the score 0-0. As part of the national team, Petkovic took part in the 1974 World Cup and 1976 European Championship . Petkovich played his last match for the national team in the qualifying match of the 1978 World Cup against the Romanian team on May 8, 1977, that match ended with the defeat of the Yugoslavs with a score of 0: 2. In total, for the national team, Cloud played 46 official matches in which he scored 6 goals. Cloud also played 6 matches for the youth team of Yugoslavia , in which he scored 1 goal ^[2] . In 1972, Clouds was summoned to the world team, where he participated in the farewell match Pele , held on Maracan .

Total: 46 matches / 6 goals; 18 wins, 16 draws, 12 losses.

Coaching

After completing a player’s career, Cloud worked as a coach at Olympia and Koper Club. In February 2004, he led the youth team of Slovenia , and then the first team, but after a series of failures he was dismissed on November 27, 2006.

Team

  Olympia (Ljubljana)

• Finalist of the Yugoslav Cup : 1970

  Hajduk (Split)

• Champion of Yugoslavia (2): 1974, 1975
• Yugoslav Cup Winner: 1974

  Schalke 04

• Federal Championship silver medalist: 1977

  "Bayern Munich)

• Champion of Germany : 1980

Personal

• The best soccer player in Slovenia for the period 1954-2003 (jubilee prize for the 50th anniversary of UEFA)
• Athlete of the Year in Slovenia : 1971
• Golden Ball Nominee (2): 1974, 1975

Coaching

  Olympia (Ljubljana)

• Champion of Slovenia : 1994/95
• Slovenian Championship bronze medalist: 2002/03
• Slovenian Cup Winner: 2003
• Super Bowl Slovenia : 1995

  Rudar (Veleniye)

• Slovenian Championship bronze medalist: 1999/00

  Koper

• Slovenian Championship bronze medalist: 2001/02

• Profile on FIFA.com
• Player profile on worldfootball.net (German)
• Statistics of matches for the national team of Yugoslavia on the website reprezentacija.rs
• Player profile on fussballdaten.de (German)
• Player profile on Transfermarkt