Branko "Isusek" Pleše was a Croatian

Croats

Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

 footballer who played international football for the Croatian

Croatia national football team

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 and both the royal and communist Yugoslavian national teams.

He began his career with HŠK Concordia

HŠK Concordia

HŠK Concordia was a Croatian football club formed in Zagreb. The club was founded asthe Srednjoškolski športski klub in 1906.By the end of the First World War the club had played many matches with both domestic and foreign clubs...

 before moving to Građanski Zagreb in 1935. Pleše played with Građanski as a striker until its disbanding in 1945. In 1937 and 1940 he was Yugoslavian champion, while in 1941 and 1943 he was champion of Croatia. In 1945 he joined the newly formed Dinamo Zagreb

Dinamo Zagreb

GNK Dinamo Zagreb, commonly referred to as Dinamo Zagreb , or by their nickname Modri are a Croatian football club based in Zagreb. They play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Croatian football, having won thirteen Croatian championship titles, ten...

 with whom he played until 1950. He was Yugoslavian champion again in 1948.

During his international career with the Kingdom of Yugoslavia he was capped 5 times. During the existence of the Independent State of Croatia

Independent State of Croatia

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 he was capped for the Croatian national team 13 times, scoring three goals. Finally, he played for Communist Yugoslavia once, in its first game.

He later moved to management, during which time he managed FK Sloboda Tuzla

FK Sloboda Tuzla

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among others.